In 1964, Britain and Cyprus referred the Cyprus dispute to the U.N.

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Cyprus came closest to a peace deal in 2004 when a U.N.

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Cyprus joined the EU in 2004 hoping that Brussels would help solve the "Cyprus problem, " which is the drably euphemistic name for the U.N.

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