Amra Zejneli Loxha is director of RFE/RL's Kosovo Service.
In Europe's newest state, a campaign devoid of major scandals is a marked departure from other recent elections in the Balkans.
Conscious of its image as a leading source of Islamic State recruits in the Middle East, Kosovo tries to stem religiously fueled radicalization in its prisons.
Some 20,000 Kosovar Albanian women are believed to have been systematically raped during the 1998-99 war in Kosovo. Only 100 have ever sought help. Fifteen years after the war's end, one rape survivor explains why in a rare interview.
