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Date. 17 February. Next time. 17 February 2025. ( 2025-02-17) Frequency. annual. Celebration of the declaration of independence of Kosovo in Vienna, Austria. Kosovo Independence Day ( Albanian: Dita e Pavarësisë së Kosovës) is a national independence day celebrated in Kosovo every 17 February.
A blue field charged with a map of Kosovo in gold, surmounted by an arc of six white five-pointed stars. Designed by. Muhamer Ibrahimi. The flag of the Republic of Kosovo [a] was adopted by the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo immediately following the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo [2] on 17 February 2008.
The declaration of independence was made by members of the Kosovo Assembly as well as by the President of Kosovo meeting in Pristina, the capital of Kosovo, on 17 February 2008. It was approved by a unanimous quorum, numbering 109 members. Eleven deputies representing the Serbian national minority boycotted the proceedings.
The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international peacekeeping force in Kosovo. [203] Its operations are gradually reducing until Kosovo's Security Force, established in 2009, becomes self-sufficient. [204] KFOR entered Kosovo on 12 June 1999, [205] one day after the United Nations Security Council adopted the UNSC Resolution 1244.
Description. 1999–present. Flag of Albania used by Kosovo Albanians. A red field charged with a double-headed eagle. Dimensions: 2:3. 2010–present. Flag of Serbia used by Kosovo Serbs. A horizontal tricolour of red, blue, and white; charged with the lesser Coat of arms left of center. Dimensions: 2:3.
International governments are divided on the issue of recognition of the independence of Kosovo from Serbia, which was declared in 2008. [1] [2] The Government of Serbia does not diplomatically recognise Kosovo as a sovereign state, [3] although the two countries have enjoyed normalised economic relations since 2020 and have agreed not to try to interfere with the other's accession to the ...
The Newborn monument in 2018, in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the independence of Kosovo, with a "10" within the monument in place of the letters "BO". Weighing in at 9 tons, Newborn's dimensions are 3.0 metres (10 ft) by 24 metres (79 ft) by 0.9 metres (3 ft), set in DIN Black typeface. Newborn was the first large public monument ...
Independence Day is celebrated every 28 November as a holiday in Albania, and by the Albanian diaspora. It refers to the Albanian Declaration of Independence on 28 November 1912 and the raising of the Albanian flag in Vlora by Ismail Qemali. [1] [2] It coincides with the day in which Skanderbeg raised the same flag in Krujë, on 28 November 1443.