[1][2] Highlight of the period were the several bilateral Agreements signed and the visits paid in Bonn by Makarios and Kucuk.

Talks focused on developments in the ongoing negotiations between the two Cypriot communities on the island's reunification and Turkey's EU accession process.

[5] The cornerstone of cultural relations between Germany and Cyprus is the Goethe Institute in Nicosia, which was re-opened in July 2011 after being closed for more than ten years.

[citation needed] German as a foreign language is less popular amongst the Greek Cypriots than it is in the North of the island.

[citation needed] The range of foreign languages offered at Cyprus' schools is currently being revised as part of curricular reform.

The attractiveness of Germany as a place to study (low tuition fees, high quality of education and good career opportunities) is increasingly drawing the attention of Cypriot students, scientists and academics.

[citation needed] In 2011, for example, the Max Planck Society and the Cyprus Institute signed a Memorandum of Understanding that, among other things, will promote research cooperation.

[citation needed] Additional German lecturers at other higher education institutions in the island's north and south are helping to intensify existing academic contacts, foster new ones and arouse interest in studying in Germany.

[6] In December 2022, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz conveyed to Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades that Germany intended welcome 500 asylum seekers from Cyprus.