2004 - 1 May Cyprus formally accedes to the European Union. 2006 - 8 July The President of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos, and the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mehmet Ali Talat, agree on a set of principles (The 8 July Agreement) to guide the peace process on Cyprus. 2008 - 1 January Cyprus adopts euro as official currency. 2008 - 28 February In his inaugural speech new President of the Republic of Cyprus, Demetris Christofias, pledges to take major initiatives to revive stalled peace process. 2008 - 3 September The President of Cyprus, Demetris Christofias, and the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mehmet Ali Talat, launch direct negotiations on the Cyprus problem. 2009 - 28 April Court of Justice of the European Communities rules that a judgment of a Court in the Republic of Cyprus must be recognised and enforced by the other EU member states even if it concerns land situated in the Turkish occupied areas of Cyprus. 2010 - 31 January UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrives in Cyprus for a threeday visit to express support to the talks. 2010 - 10 February European Parliament adopts resolution on Turkey’s Progress Report 2009 calling, among other things, on Turkey to facilitate a suitable climate for negotiations by immediately starting to withdraw its forces from Cyprus. 2010 - 5 March European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decides that the so-called immovable property commission (IPC), which was set up in the areas of Cyprus occupied by Turkey, constitutes an effective domestic remedy of the government of Turkey and not of the illegal regime in occupied Cyprus. 2010 - 26 May Direct intercommunal talks resume between President Christofias and Dervish Eroglu, who succeeded Mehmet Ali Talat as leader of the Turkish Cypriot community in April. The Cyprus Question| A brief Introduction 54
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