*1999: he first former [[Warsaw Pact]] countries to join NATO are the [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]], and [[Poland]].
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*1999: The first former [[Warsaw Pact]] countries to join NATO are the [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]], and [[Poland]].
*2004: Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia join NATO, as do the first three former [[Soviet]] republics (the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania).
*2004: Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia join NATO, as do the first three former [[Soviet]] republics (the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania).