Skënder Hyseni

Kosovo Interior Minister Skender Hyseni believes that Kosovo will have the support necessary to join Interpol "by September."

However, he admitted this will represent "a huge challenge."

The public broadcaster in Kosovo, RTK, is reporting that Hyseni "already has a team working on Kosovo's membership in Interpol."

Kosovo Interior Minister Skender Hyseni believes that Kosovo will have the support necessary to join Interpol "by September."

However, he admitted this will represent "a huge challenge."

Speaking at the 93rd NATO Parliamentary Assembly Rose Roth seminar, which was held in Pristina for the first time, Kosovo Interior Minister Skender Hyseni said his country had sharply cut the number of people going to fight in Syria and Iraq from 300 to just two in the last year.

Villagers from the Rugova community on the border with Montenegro have said they welcome plans for a presidential commission to reassess the controversial demarcation deal between Kosovo and Montenegro.

Rrustem Selimaj, who lives in Haxhaj village, told BIRN that his community is one of the most affected by the agreement between Kosovo and Montenegro on border demarcation.

Kosovo Interior Minister Skender Hyseni has said that Kosovo has applied for full membership in Interpol.

Hyseni said for the Pristina-based Tribuna that Interpol was most likely to consider the request during the 84th regular session of the 84th Interpol General Assembly in November.

Kosovo, UK partner against crime

A new deal tightens ties between law enforcement agencies in Kosovo, Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Kosovo Interior Minister Skender Hyseni (right) and Steve Bennett of the UK's National Crime Agency speak in Pristina on February 24th after inking a security co-operation agreement. [AFP]