As part of the procedure by which Cyprus joined the European Union in 2004, efforts to reunify the island were resumed. In 2007, the Green Line wall came down, but the demarcation line still exists in Nicosia, for instance in the form of stacked barrels. Nicosia is the only two-state capital city in Europe, separated by a buffer zone controlled by the UN. The Republic of Cyprus is internationally recognised, while only Turkey recognises the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. De jure, the...