East of the West - films from the former socialist bloc.

Eighty percent of our trade was with the socialist bloc.

It is also very difficult for the socialist and non-socialist blocs to form a government on their own.

This is the first time the Chair is held by a finance minister from the former socialist bloc.

We can't get everything in the socialist bloc.

Earlier in the year, Mao had proclaimed his policy of "leaning to one side" as a commitment to the socialist bloc.

The names of almost all characters were changed to avoid any associations with countries of Socialist bloc.

"We are facing the war machine of a former state which was a member of the socialist bloc, armed to the teeth," he said.

Scattered throughout the former socialist bloc lie the remains of the old once-dominant communist parties.

The 72 seats in the Socialist bloc marked the first time since 1936 that they had more representatives than the Catholic parties.