As the youngest congressman in Brazil's history he was part of the "Catholic bloc".

Tito's Yugoslavia refused to be part of the Communist bloc in 1948.

He was part of the Iraqiyya bloc and also, a member of the parliament's security and defense committee.

Democracy's stirrings were getting stronger in Poland and beginning to be felt in other parts of the Soviet bloc.

Living conditions have also declined in other parts of the former 'Eastern bloc'.

Little is known in the field of literary in countries which were once part of the Soviet bloc.

Britain is at peace with West Germany but the eastern half is now a part of the Soviet bloc.

She joined the Bulgarian foreign ministry straight from university in 1976, at a time when the country was still part of the Soviet bloc.

It is unfair to poorer Member States, especially to countries that were previously part of the Soviet bloc.

The compromise authorises exports to countries forming part of the same regional bloc.