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On 25 February 2010, when Viktor Yanukovych, known for his pro-Russian attitude, took his seat as the new president of Ukraine, it quickly became obvious that the country's foreign policy was facing major changes. In his program, the new president made it clear that while he still considered Ukraine's commitment towards the European Union as one of his country's top priorities, unlike his predecessor he would aim at improving relations with Russia, as well, so as to maintain a more balanced foreign policy.

The already not unclouded Russia-Belarus relationship reached a new breaking point, when on the morning of 21^st June 2010 Gazprom started to decrease the amount of gas pumped to Belarus, referring to the almost 200 million dollars' worth of gas debt accrued by Minsk. Belarus reacted by accusing Russia of having a large transit fee debt and threatened to siphon off the gas from the pipeline leading to Western Europe. Russia kept reducing the deliveries until 23^rd June, and reached even a 60% decrease. Although on the following day both parties promised to settle their debts, deeper reasons for the conflict prevail and still need to be resolved.

The European Union—on the basis of several previous attempts at cooperation—in November 1995 launched the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (Barcelona Process) with the participation of all—then 15—EU member states, plus twelve southern/eastern shore countries (Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, the Palestinian National Authority/Palestinian  territories, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Malta and Cyprus).

On  28  January,  representatives  of  countries  interested  in  the  stabilization  of Afghanistan held a summit  in London. This conference focused on an Afghan national process of reconciliation and reintegration  in a way  that is Afghan-led and Afghan-driven.

Hungary took over the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Baghlan Province from the Netherlands in 2006. The Dutch PRT was established in 2004, with a two-year mandate to carry out development activities and to strengthen the authority of the Afghan Government.

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There is an ongoing debate as to the existence of the Arab world as such. While realities increasingly demonstrate that the Arab world in the Cold War sense does not exist any longer, and that they are independent countries pursuing their own foreign policy interests, joint all-Arab institutions (e.g. the Arab League) and initiatives (e.g. the Arab Free Trade Area) still exist, not to mention the still powerful rhetoric of the Arab unity, Arab homeland etc.

The Nobel Peace Prize of 2009 has been awarded to Barack Obama, the forty-fourth president of the United States of America. By their choice, the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize Committee decided to honor President Obama's efforts "to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."