21.   Congress has already passed resolutions supporting NATO membership for Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

22.   Like Zhelev, Stoyanov has called on Bulgaria to support NATO membership.

23.   Participants at that summit, including Russia, agreed to support EU membership for the Baltic states.

24.   Participants at that summit including Russia agreed to support EU membership for the Baltic states.

25.   Recent polls have shown that about half of Finnish voters intend to support membership Sunday.

26.   The five Scandinavian countries Saturday agreed at a summit meeting here to support EU membership for the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

27.   The leaders also supported membership of the World Trade Organisation for Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia.

28.   The Norwegian government chose the November date, hoping that the wave of EU support from Finland and Sweden would encourage Norwegian voters to support membership.