Word: macedoniaã
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...shoo-in for membership, is stalled in the accession process because of a border dispute with its neighbor, Slovenia. Montenegro, another flourishing Balkan state, is currently trying to apply for EU membership, but the current global economic state has made the EU leadership cautious about further expansion. Macedonia??€™s bid, although weaker than Croatia’s or Montenegro’s, cannot move forward because Greece argues that Macedonia??€™s name suggests an aspiration to the Greek province of the same name...
...that point, Veljkovik recalls, he took residence in a dormitory at his high school and assumed all the responsibilities of living on his own, without any parental support. Throughout high school, he excelled in physics and astronomy, winning scores of first-place awards and recognition within Macedonia??€™s physics community. But Veljkovic is quick to insist that his past success may not translate to his new life at Harvard. “Even though I was one of the best physics students in Macedonia, I am just a small boy here—nothing more...
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