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Republic of Kosovo Use National flag Proportion 5:7 (1:1.4 by law) Adopted 17 February 2008 ; 17 years ago (2008-02-17) Design 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 ...
Serbia strongly opposed Kosovo's declaration of independence, which was declared on 17 February 2008. On 12 February 2008, the Government of Serbia instituted an Action Plan to combat Kosovo's anticipated declaration, which stipulated, among other things, recalling the Serbian ambassadors for consultations in protest from any state recognising Kosovo, which it has consistently done.
[196] [197] The flag of Serbia was removed from all four municipal buildings and replaced with the flag of Kosovo. [198] [199] Serbia declared that its armed forces have raised the level of combat readiness and have been moved closer to the border. [200] Kosovar authorities' use of force to protect the mayors was condemned by the United States ...
Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo flared anew over the weekend when some 30 heavily armed Serbs barricaded themselves in an Orthodox monastery in northern Kosovo, setting off a daylong gunbattle ...
Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo flared anew this weekend after Kosovo’s police raided Serb-dominated areas in the region’s north and seized local municipality buildings. There have been ...
Flag of the Kosovo Police: White with two blue stripes, and a yellow-blue emblem of the KP in the centre. Dimensions: 2:3. Flag of the Kosovo Intelligence Agency: White field, with the KIA emblem in the centre. [1] 2008–present: Flag of the Kosovo Customs Service: Blue field, with the KCS emblem in the centre. Dimensions: 2:3. [2] 2001–present
A former Serbian province, Kosovo declared independence in 2008 a decade after a guerrilla uprising. Persistent ethnic tension in north Kosovo could trigger a repeat of violence seen in the area ...
Tensions between the Serbian and Albanian communities in Kosovo simmered throughout the 20th century and occasionally erupted into major violence, particularly during the First Balkan War (1912–1913), World War I (1914–1918), and World War II (1939–1945). [103]