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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.
The territory of the province, as recognized by Serbian laws, lies in the southern part of Serbia and covers the regions of Kosovo and Metohija. The capital of the province is Pristina. The territory was previously an autonomous province of Serbia during Socialist Yugoslavia (1946–1990), and acquired its current status in 1990.
The eagle of the flag of Albania is depicted on the reverse of the Albanian five lekë coin, issued in 1995 and 2000. Beginning in 1969, the flag of Albania was widely unofficially flown in Kosovo by the country's ethnic Albanian population. The flag was the symbol of the self-declared proto-state Republic of Kosova during the 1990s.
Balkans (also known as "Southeastern Europe") Time zone: Central European Time ( UTC+01 ), Central European Summer Time ( UTC+02) Extreme points of Kosovo. High: Velika Rudoka 2,658 m (8,720 ft) Low: White Drin 297 m (974 ft) Land boundaries: 702 km. Serbia proper, 352 km. North Macedonia 159 km. Albania 112 km.
Flag of Kosovo See also: List of flags of Kosovo: The flag of Kosovo has a blue background, charged with a map of Kosovo in gold and six white stars. The stars symbolize Kosovo's six major ethnic groups: Albanians, Serbs, Bosniaks, Turks, Romani (often grouped with the Ashkali and Egyptians) and Gorani. 1984– Flag of Northern Cyprus
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.