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The preservation of the control of the Senate by the Democrats ia particularly important for the national issues of Greece since it also allows the philhellene senator Robert Menendez to remain chairman of the powerful International Relations Committee.

The Philhellenism Museum in the northern suburb of Filothei held its opening ceremony on Wednesday, with an event including the presentation of the Lord Byron International Prize to descendants of philhellenes who helped in Greece during its 1821 War of Independence, reaching its bicentennial this year.