In today’s episode, on international women’s day yesterday, The House education committee heard that men are getting paid up to four times more than female athletes. Meanwhile, President Nikos Christodoulides said that gender equality issues are high on the agenda and relevant policies will be promoted in all ministries and deputy ministries. In other news, the condition of the 38-year-old West Ham fan, who fell out of a moving vehicle along the Paphos-Limassol highway on Tuesday, remains critical. And intrepid mountaineer Evgenios Staroselskiy aims to raise the Cypriot flag over the world’s deadliest summit: K2, otherwise known as the Savage Mountain. 

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