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The flag is unusual among national flags in using a map as a design element; the flag of Cyprus is the only other to do so. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The ratio of the flag was announced during the contest as 2:3; [ 13 ] with the passage of a diplomatic protocol law in Kosovo in April 2009, the ratio was set as 1:1.4 (5:7 when put in whole numbers). [ 1 ]
Kosovo, [a] officially the Republic of Kosovo, [b] is a country in Southeast Europe with partial diplomatic recognition. Kosovo lies landlocked in the centre of the Balkans, bordered by Serbia to the north and east, North Macedonia to the southeast, Albania to the southwest, and Montenegro to the west. Most of central Kosovo sits on the plains ...
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.
Politics of Kosovo. 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 ...
The member states of the United Nations comprise 193 sovereign states. The United Nations (UN) is the world's largest intergovernmental organization. All members have equal representation in the UN General Assembly. [ 3 ] The Charter of the United Nations defines the rules for admission of member states.
Kosovo declared independence in 2008, and it has received diplomatic recognition from 114 UN member states and the Republic of China, while 18 of those states have recognised Kosovo only to later withdraw their recognition. [61] Serbia continues to maintain its sovereignty claim over Kosovo.
The eagle of the flag of Albania is depicted on the reverse of the Albanian five lekë coin, issued in 1995 and 2000. [15] Beginning in 1969, the flag of Albania was widely unofficially flown in Kosovo by the country's ethnic Albanian population. [16] The flag was the symbol of the self-declared proto-state Republic of Kosova during the 1990s.
Map showing banovinas (Yugoslav provinces) in 1929. Kosovo is shown as part of the Zeta and Vardar banovinas. Following the Balkan Wars (1912–13) and the Treaties of London and Bucharest, which led to the Ottoman loss of most of the Balkans, Kosovo was governed as an integral part of the Kingdom of Serbia, while its western part by the Kingdom of Montenegro.