Original sentence: The contest is also famed for political voting between friend and foe countries such as Sweden-Finland-Denmark-Norway-Iceland (Nordic states), Greece-Cyrpus, UK-Ireland, France-Portugal, Turkey-Bosnia, Balkan states voting high points for each other
Edited sentence: The contest is also famed for political voting between friend and foe countries (such as many Balkan states voting maximum points for each other as a matter of course, or Greece and Turkey never voting each other any points [although Turkey did give Greece 12 points back in 2005])