2012 Nobel Peace Prize
This shows how , through well-aimed efforts and by building up mutual confidence , historical enemies can become close partners . " The decision also highlighted the EU's contribution to the "introduction of democracy" in Greece , Spain and Portugal , the advancing of democracy and human rights in Turkey , the strengthening of democracy in Eastern Europe following the Revolutions of 1989 and overcoming of "the division between East and West" and ethnically based national conflicts , and finally the EU's contribution to the "process of reconciliation in the Balkans . " 
<triplet> Revolutions of 1989 <subj> 1989 <obj> point in time