51.   Orban said it should be only temporary, blaming the false impression others have that Hungary remains part of the Eastern bloc.

52.   Polish President Lech Walesa said during a state visit to Denmark on Friday that former Eastern bloc nations should combine their efforts to win full membership in NATO.

53.   Several eastern bloc countries are seeking to join NATO to reap economic benefits and as defense against a possible future Russian military threat.

54.   She voted along with majority, which included former Eastern bloc members Russia, Poland, Ukraine and China.

55.   That would mean higher compensation for former slave laborers living in wealthy Western nations than for those in the former communist eastern bloc.

56.   The issue of compensation has become increasingly urgent in the former Eastern bloc nations, where individuals were barred by the former communist regimes from seeking restitution.

57.   The issue of compensation is becoming increasingly urgent in the former Eastern bloc nations, where individuals were barred by the former communist regimes from seeking payment.

58.   The list includes former Eastern bloc countries.

59.   The question of mutual cooperation is especially important as NATO takes steps to bring former eastern bloc nations into the alliance.

60.   There are also ethnic Germans from the former Soviet Union with legal claims to citizenship, and, many fear, criminal gangs from the former eastern bloc.