Following the failure of the latest UN-sponsored efforts to reunite Cyprus, only the Greek Cypriots joined the EU on 1 May 2004 along with nine other Central and East European countries.
Posle neuspeha poslednjih nastojanja pod okriljem UN-a za ponovno ujedinjenje Kipra samo su kiparski Grci ušli u EU 1. maja 2004, zajedno sa još devet drugih zemalja centralne i istočne Evrope.