At the initiative of the Nicosia embassies of the Vishegrad cooperation the Vishegrad Blues Band staged a concert on June 11, 2012 in the Cypriot capital. With the concert of the band formed in 2004 and consisting of two Hungarian and two Polish as well as one Czech and one Slovak member the Vishegrad countries greeted the upcoming EU Presidency of Cyprus. The event was attended by members of the diplomatic corps, representatives of the Cypriot political elite, and heads of representations of the EU Commission in the Member States having their pre-presidency meeting in Nicosia, as well as citizens of the four countries living in Cyprus.