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After several postponements, Theodora's wedding will take place in Athens this autumn. Theodora will marry lawyer Matthew Kumar, to whom she has been engaged since 2018

In the fourth award ceremony of the pan-European Empress Theophano Prize, which took place in Thessaloniki on Thursday evening, attention was not on the stunning Rotunda, the city landmark that served as a temple in Roman times, a Christian church in the Byzantine era and a mosque under Ottoman rule; nor was it on the distinguished guests who attended the event.

The jailed anarchist and robber Nikos Romanos is expected to be freed in due course after a five-member criminal appeals court on Monday reduced his initial sentence, following a recent Supreme Court decision recognizing his good behavior behind bars.

The Supreme Court in Tuesday rejected an appeal by the defense of convicted bank robber Nikos Romanos to overturn a decision by a lower court refusing a petition for education furlough.

Romanos's lawyer, Frangiskos Ragousis, filed an appeal with the country's highest court to overturn a ruling by the Piraeus Judicial Council, which is responsible for issues such as prison leave.

The father of hunger striker Nikos Romanos is due to meet Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.

Romanos, 21, is entering the 28th day of his hunger strike, demanding prison furloughs so he can study at Athens Technical College. A court recently rejected his application.

After a court rejected an appeal by the hunger-striking imprisoned anarchist Nikos Romanos for study furloughs, Justice Minister Haralambos Athanasiou on Wednesday heralded legislative reform that would allow inmates to study while serving prison sentences.