Nicosia continues to oppose EU efforts to establish direct trade and economic links to north Cyprus as a way of encouraging the Turkish Cypriot community to continue to support reunification.

尼科西亚坚持反对欧盟努力建立同北塞普鲁斯的直接贸易和经济联系，以此鼓励土耳其籍塞浦路斯族群持续支持重新统一。

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A week later Cyprus joined the EU, with the acquis communautaire suspended in the north.

一周以后，塞浦路斯（希族）加入了欧盟，只留下塞岛北部“期待共同体”的一颗心悬着。

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A similar story played out with Cyprus in 2004: the moment its EU membership was secured, the urge to reach a settlement with the Turkish-Cypriot-controlled north of the island ebbed away.

类似的一幕也出现在2004年塞浦路斯加入欧盟的时候：刚一获得欧盟成员国身份，它与位于该国北部土耳其控制的塞浦路斯地区达成协议的紧迫性就随之烟消云散了。

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This tiny enclave of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus is not recognized by the United Nations and reluctantly recognized by Turkey.

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Cyprus was split into a breakaway Turkish Cypriot north and an internationally recognized Greek Cypriot south in 1974 when Turkey invaded in response to a short-lived coup by supporters of union with Greece.

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As voters in the northern half of the island, known as the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus,go to the polls, its leader Mehmet Ali Talat has warned if he is defeated the current United Nations sponsored reunification talks will grind to a halt.

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Eight are formally blocked because Turkey has not kept an agreement to open its ports and airports to traffic from Cyprus, an EU member since 2004 (Turkey does not recognise the Greek-Cypriot republic and insists that Turkish north Cyprus is being unfairly blockaded).

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Turkey has announced plans to begin exploration efforts of the coast of North Cyprus, but progress remains uncertain.

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Vargin Varer, the outspoken president of the North Cyprus young businessmen's association, says that by now there may well be more mainland Turks in Cyprus than Turkish islanders.

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