Masked men storming polling stations during Kosovo's local elections, on November 3rd, was the image that captured the interest of the international media. But as Petrit Selimi, the country's deputy foreign minister, says, events in three polling stations "don't make an election, they make good visuals for tv." The polling stations, in the divided city of Mitrovica, were important, but Mr Selimi has a point. Overall, Kosovo's poll was remarkable for being so smooth and uneventful.
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