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Kosovo President: We’re “No Cradle of Extremism” (Koha Ditore)

The paper carries the below article, initially published  in The Wall Street Journal.

Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci hit back at criticism of his country’s record in containing Islamic extremism, saying his nation – Europe’s youngest – is fighting hard against radical “elements.”

Over the last five years, around 300 Kosovars, out of a majority-Muslim population of 1.8 million, have joined Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, according to the government.