Three arrests after protest outside media group

Police made at least three arrests on Thursday evening outside the Dias Media Group building in Nicosia that houses the Sigma television channel.

One police officer was injured.

Reports were sketchy, but police said that a convoy of about 50 cars arrived at the site around 6.30pm. The drivers proceeded to park their cars on the roundabout outside the building, bringing traffic to a standstill.

Some of the drivers got out of their vehicles and approached the building.

The reason for the protest was not immediately clear. Some of the protesters were shouting slogans against the Sigma channel.

Police officers, including the riot squad, were dispatched to the scene and arrested three people. Some of the protesters had come from other towns, police said.

The situation had calmed down by around 8pm.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.