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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 ...
political party (regionalist): Asturian Renewal Union. political party (separatist): Andecha Astur. Autonomist movements. Cartagena. Proposed: extended autonomy for Cartagena within Region of Murcia. Political party: Movimiento Ciudadano de Cartagena. León. People: Leonese. Proposed autonomous area: Leonese region.
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]
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 [note 4]
Flag of Chuvashia. A yellow flag with a stylized red tree of life charged on the flag, a symbol of rebirth, with the three suns, a traditional emblem popular in Chuvash art. 1999–. Flag of Crimea [ note 1] A horizontal tricolor of a thin blue stripe, a large white stripe, and thin red stripe. 1994–.
Since there is no universal agreement on Europe's regional composition, the placement of individual countries may vary based on criteria being used. For instance, the Balkans is a distinct geographical region within Europe, but individual countries may alternatively be grouped into South-eastern Europe or Southern Europe. Regional affiliation ...
The list below includes all entities falling even partially under any of the various common definitions of Europe, geographical or political.Fifty generally recognised sovereign states, Kosovo with limited, but substantial, international recognition, and four largely unrecognised de facto states with limited to no recognition have territory in Europe and/or membership in international European ...
Kosovo is a landlocked country in Southeastern Europe. The country is strategically positioned in the center of the Balkan Peninsula enclosed by Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the north and east, North Macedonia to the southeast, and Albania to the southwest. It has no direct access to the Mediterranean Sea but its rivers flow into three ...