Sir,

I have resided in Cyprus for nearly a decade and I have both a permanent residency and ID card and pay all local and revenue taxes as and when they fall due.  My wife and I live just on the boundary of Yeroskipou.

AIR TRAFFIC in and out of Cyprus increased 12 per cent in 2007 and is expected to rise another 12.2 per cent during 2008, according to forecasts by Eurocontrol, the EU’s organisation for the safety of air navigation.

The latest Eurocontrol report said that after a period of stagnation, growth of air traffic movement in Cyprus would average five per cent over the next five years.

EVAN Williams has been confirmed as Australia’s new High Commissioner to Cyprus, replacing Garth Hunt in June.

A statement by Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith read: “Australia and Cyprus share a strong relationship based on enduring community links, shared democratic values and our active membership of the Commonwealth and United Nations.

A GOVERNMENT decision to allow spring shooting of crows yesterday provoked a strong reaction from BirdLife Cyprus.

The organisation said it viewed the decision as “backdoor permission” to hunters to shoot protected Turtle Doves (Streptopelia turtur).

MANY British and European newspapers yesterday published photographs of Josef Fritzl relaxing on beaches in Cyprus and Thailand, while half of his family were held captive in his cellar at home in Amstetten, Austria.

Yesterday, it was The Sun’s main story, with the headline, “Beast beside the seaside”.

TWO Greek Cypriots were arrested on Tuesday in the occupied areas for spraying the word ‘ELLAS’ (Greece) on sign posts and walls in Rizokarpaso village.

THE NEW Head of the Representation of the European Commission in Cyprus, Androulla Kaminara, yesterday held a series of meetings on the Greek Cypriot side believed to centre on the working groups and technical committees.

FURTHER practical steps to prevent and combat forest fires were decided yesterday at a high level political meeting.

Interior Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis, Justice Minister Kypros Chrysostomides and representatives from the Finance and Agriculture Ministries were all in attendance.