1.   If both sides can reach a broad agreement, the entire island could join as a single entity.

2.   But he added that he would have traveled to Taiwan even if the island did not join the organization.

3.   Kasoulides said the process of bringing Cyprus into the EU would eventually help the two communities overcome their differences and lead to reunification before the island joins the Union.

4.   Senior Greek and Cypriot officials said Friday that a crisis could break out with neighboring Turkey when the war-divided island joins the European Union.

5.   This month, the island joined the Geneva-based group that sets rules for global trade.

6.   Turkey has insisted that the war-divided island can only join the EU after it gains membership.

7.   Closer relations between Brussels and Ankara could also help bring a solution to the conflict in Cyprus, allowing the entire island to join the union, he said.

8.   Earlier, Denktash said that settling the Cyprus problem must be the priority and not the Greek-Cypriot application for the island to join the European Union.

9.   They also want the island to join international organisations in the name of Taiwan.

10.   Strategists at the bank expected increased capital flows once the island joined the EU, when offshore regulations could be a hindrance.