91.   The EU leaders will invite their eastern neighbors and Cyprus to open membership talks next spring.

92.   The EU opened membership talks this fall with Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia and Slovenia.

93.   The European Union opens membership talks with six nations Tuesday amid anxiety about the slowness of admitting newcomers.

94.   The clause that membership talks with Cyprus will start has become the only major sticking point preventing Greece from lifting its veto.

95.   The Council of Europe was set Thursday to suspend membership talks with Russia until Russia stops its war against the breakaway republic of Chechnya.

96.   The duration of the membership talks is difficult to predict.

97.   The Czech Republic is one of five Eastern European countries that officially began membership talks last month.

98.   The EU also opened membership talks with Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Estonia, amid anxiety about the speed of admitting newcomers.

99.   The EU begins membership talks with these countries next month.

100.   The EU has agreed to start membership talks with the candidates six months after the reform conference has been concluded.