Elsewhere in the western Balkans, applications from Macedonia and Montenegro are pending, and Croatia's membership talks have stalled.

巴尔干西部其他地区，从马其顿到黑山的申请都悬而未决，而克罗地亚的入盟谈判已经停止。

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"There are three countries in the Western Balkans that are aspiring to join. That is Croatia, Albania, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia," Appathurai said.

阿帕修雷说：“有三个巴尔干西部国家有意加入北约，它们是克罗地亚、阿尔巴尼亚和前南斯拉夫的马其顿。”

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Western Macedonia is inhabited mostly by ethnic Albanians who make up one third of the Balkan country's population.

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The scale of ballot stuffing and intimidation by Albanian gangsters in western Macedonia was among the worst I have witnessed.

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In western Macedonia, where a clash between Albanian demonstrators and police in Gostivar last July killed four people, there are still roadblocks, arms searches and gunfire.

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