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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_proposals_and_final_choice" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_proposals_and_final_choice"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>The proposals and final choice</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_proposals_and_final_choice-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_proposals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_proposals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Other proposals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_proposals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" 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href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_de_Kosovu" title="Bandera de Kosovu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Bandera de Kosovu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_bayra%C4%9F%C4%B1" title="Kosovo bayrağı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kosovo bayrağı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE" title="কসোভোর পতাকা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কসোভোর পতাকা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%86%D1%8F%D0%B3_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Сцяг Косава – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сцяг Косава" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8C%D1%86%D1%8F%D0%B3_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Сьцяг Косава – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Сьцяг Косава" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="Национално знаме на Косово – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Национално знаме на Косово" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastava_Kosova" title="Zastava Kosova – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Zastava Kosova" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_de_Kosovo" title="Bandera de Kosovo – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bandera de Kosovo" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovsk%C3%A1_vlajka" title="Kosovská vlajka – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kosovská vlajka" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baner_Cosofo" title="Baner Cosofo – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Baner Cosofo" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovos_flag" title="Kosovos flag – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kosovos flag" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagge_des_Kosovo" title="Flagge des Kosovo – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Flagge des Kosovo" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_lipp" title="Kosovo lipp – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kosovo lipp" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%83%CF%85%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85" title="Σημαία του Κοσσυφοπεδίου – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σημαία του Κοσσυφοπεδίου" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_de_Kosovo" title="Bandera de Kosovo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bandera de Kosovo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flago_de_Kosovo" title="Flago de Kosovo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Flago de Kosovo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovoko_bandera" title="Kosovoko bandera – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kosovoko bandera" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%86%D9%85_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%88" title="پرچم کوزوو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پرچم کوزوو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drapeau_du_Kosovo" title="Drapeau du Kosovo – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Drapeau du Kosovo" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandeira_de_Kosovo" title="Bandeira de Kosovo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Bandeira de Kosovo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BD%94%EC%86%8C%EB%B3%B4%EC%9D%98_%EA%B5%AD%EA%B8%B0" title="코소보의 국기 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="코소보의 국기" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%B8%D5%BD%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%B8%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%A4%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%B7" title="Կոսովոյի դրոշ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կոսովոյի դրոշ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%9C" title="कोसोवो का ध्वज – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कोसोवो का ध्वज" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastava_Kosova" title="Zastava Kosova – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Zastava Kosova" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendera_Kosovo" title="Bendera Kosovo – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bendera Kosovo" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandiera_del_Kosovo" title="Bandiera del Kosovo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bandiera del Kosovo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%92%D7%9C_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%91%D7%95" title="דגל קוסובו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דגל קוסובו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovas_karogs" title="Kosovas karogs – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kosovas karogs" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A4ndel_vum_Kosovo" title="Fändel vum Kosovo – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Fändel vum Kosovo" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_v%C4%97liava" title="Kosovo vėliava – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kosovo vėliava" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_del_Kosovo" title="Bandera del Kosovo – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Bandera del Kosovo" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koszov%C3%B3_z%C3%A1szlaja" title="Koszovó zászlaja – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Koszovó zászlaja" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="Знаме на Република Косово – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Знаме на Република Косово" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlag_van_Kosovo" title="Vlag van Kosovo – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Vlag van Kosovo" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%9C%E3%81%AE%E5%9B%BD%E6%97%97" title="コソボの国旗 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="コソボの国旗" 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For flags previously used in Kosovo, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_flags_of_Kosovo" title="List of flags of Kosovo">List of flags of Kosovo</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Republic of Kosovo</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="display:none"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kosovo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/238px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="238" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/357px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/476px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="840" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vexillological_symbol" title="Vexillological symbol">Use</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_flag" title="National flag">National flag</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Proportion</th><td class="infobox-data">5:7 (1:1.4 by law)<sup id="cite_ref-ksprotocollaw_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ksprotocollaw-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Adopted</th><td class="infobox-data">17 February 2008<span class="noprint">; 16 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2008-02-17</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-ksdream_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ksdream-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Design</th><td class="infobox-data">A blue field charged with a map of Kosovo in gold, surmounted by an arc of six white five-pointed stars</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designed by</th><td class="infobox-data">Muhamer Ibrahimi</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>flag of the Republic of Kosovo</b><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was adopted by the <a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_the_Republic_of_Kosovo" title="Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo">Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo</a> immediately following the <a href="/wiki/Unilateral_declaration_of_independence" title="Unilateral declaration of independence">unilateral</a> <a href="/wiki/2008_Kosovo_declaration_of_independence" title="2008 Kosovo declaration of independence">declaration of independence</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a><sup id="cite_ref-ksdream_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ksdream-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on 17 February 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-ksdream_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ksdream-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ksudi_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ksudi-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Flag" title="Flag">flag</a> design emerged from an international competition, organized by an informal group from the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Institutions_of_Self-Government" title="Provisional Institutions of Self-Government">Provisional Institutions of Self-Government</a> known as the <i>Kosovo Unity Team</i>, which attracted almost one thousand entries.<sup id="cite_ref-csm_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csm-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The winning design was proposed by Muhamer Ibrahimi.<sup id="cite_ref-ibrahimi_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ibrahimi-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It shows six white stars in an arc above a golden map of Kosovo, all on a blue field.<sup id="cite_ref-kosovo_press_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kosovo_press-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The stars symbolize Kosovo's six major ethnic groups: <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Albanians" title="Kosovo Albanians">Albanians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Serbs" title="Kosovo Serbs">Serbs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bosniaks_in_Kosovo" title="Bosniaks in Kosovo">Bosniaks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turks_in_Kosovo" title="Turks in Kosovo">Turks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romani_people_in_Kosovo" title="Romani people in Kosovo">Romani</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gorani_(ethnic_group)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorani (ethnic group)">Gorani</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Reeves_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reeves-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before the declaration of independence, Kosovo had come under the administration of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> and used the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_Nations" title="Flag of the United Nations">UN flag</a> for official purposes. The Serb and Albanian populations had used their own national flags since the 1945–1992 <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">Socialist Yugoslavia</a> period. Ethnic Serbs used a red, blue and white <a href="/wiki/Triband_(flag)" title="Triband (flag)">tricolor</a>, which also forms the basis of the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Serbia" title="Flag of Serbia">flag of Serbia</a>. The ethnic Albanian population have used the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Albania" title="Flag of Albania">flag of Albania</a> since the 1960s as their <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_flag" title="Ethnic flag">ethnic flag</a>. Both these flags can still be seen in use within Kosovo. </p><p>Serbia has not recognized the independence of Kosovo and continues to claim the area as the <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Province_of_Kosovo_and_Metohija" title="Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija">Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija</a>. Unlike the case of the autonomous province of <a href="/wiki/Vojvodina" title="Vojvodina">Vojvodina</a>, the Serbian authorities have not adopted a unique flag to represent this claimed province, using the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Serbia" title="Flag of Serbia">flag of Serbia</a> instead. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_use">Design and use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Kosovo&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design and use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hashim_Thaci_at_the_Pentagon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Hashim_Thaci_at_the_Pentagon.jpg/220px-Hashim_Thaci_at_the_Pentagon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Hashim_Thaci_at_the_Pentagon.jpg/330px-Hashim_Thaci_at_the_Pentagon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Hashim_Thaci_at_the_Pentagon.jpg/440px-Hashim_Thaci_at_the_Pentagon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4588" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>The Kosovar flag flying at the <a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">Pentagon</a> on 18 July 2008.</figcaption></figure> <p>The flag of Kosovo has a blue background, charged with a map of Kosovo and six stars. The stars are officially meant to symbolize Kosovo's six major ethnic groups:<sup id="cite_ref-Reeves_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reeves-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Albanians" title="Kosovo Albanians">Albanians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Serbs" title="Kosovo Serbs">Serbs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bosniaks_in_Kosovo" title="Bosniaks in Kosovo">Bosniaks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turks_in_Kosovo" title="Turks in Kosovo">Turks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romani_people_in_Kosovo" title="Romani people in Kosovo">Romani</a> (often grouped with the <a href="/wiki/Ashkali" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashkali">Ashkali</a> and <a href="/wiki/Egyptians_(Balkans)" class="mw-redirect" title="Egyptians (Balkans)">Egyptians</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ksminor_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ksminor-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Gorani_(ethnic_group)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorani (ethnic group)">Gorani</a>. Unofficially, the stars are sometimes said to represent the six regions, which according to Albanian ultra-nationalist ideology, make up <a href="/wiki/Greater_Albania" title="Greater Albania">Greater Albania</a>: <a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania">Albania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a>, western parts of <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a>, parts of northern <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>, parts of <a href="/wiki/Montenegro" title="Montenegro">Montenegro</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pre%C5%A1evo_Valley" title="Preševo Valley">Preševo Valley</a> in southern <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The flag bears a similarity to the emblem adopted in 2003 for use by government institutions in Kosovo, which also depicted a golden map of Kosovo on a blue field surmounted by stars. The flag of Kosovo resembles <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina">that of Bosnia and Herzegovina</a> in terms of colors and shapes used (white stars and yellow shape of the country on a blue field).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The flag is unusual among <a href="/wiki/National_flag" title="National flag">national flags</a> in using a map as a design element; the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Cyprus" title="Flag of Cyprus">flag of Cyprus</a> is the only other to do so.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ratio of the flag was announced during the contest as 2:3;<sup id="cite_ref-contest_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-contest-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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).<sup id="cite_ref-ksprotocollaw_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ksprotocollaw-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The colors and construction of the Kosovo flag have not yet been defined; however, an official government document does give the colors of the flag using <a href="/wiki/CMYK" class="mw-redirect" title="CMYK">CMYK</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kscmyk_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kscmyk-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The unofficial <a href="/wiki/RGB" class="mw-redirect" title="RGB">RGB</a> values of the flag have been manually extracted since 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-flagrgb_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-flagrgb-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The use of the Kosovo flag is regulated by the law: "Law on the Use of Kosovo State Symbols".<sup id="cite_ref-kslaw_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kslaw-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Serbia" title="Government of Serbia">Serbian government</a> initially objected to the use of the Kosovo flag at international meetings and gatherings,<sup id="cite_ref-kshax_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kshax-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but agreed to recognised Kosovo's national symbols in 2023 under the terms of the <a href="/wiki/Ohrid_Agreement_(2023)" title="Ohrid Agreement (2023)">Ohrid Agreement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colours_and_sizes">Colours and sizes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Kosovo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Colours and sizes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreliable_sources plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-unreliable_sources" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg/40px-Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg/60px-Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg/80px-Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">Some of this section's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">listed sources</a> <b>may not be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help improve this article by looking for better, more reliable sources. Unreliable citations may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2020</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="width:60%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>System </th> <th style="background:#244aa5;color:white">Blue </th> <th style="background:#d0a650">Gold </th> <th style="background:#fff;">White </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/CMYK_color_model" title="CMYK color model">CMYK</a> (Government)<sup id="cite_ref-kscmyk_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kscmyk-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>100-80-0-0</td> <td>0-20-60-20</td> <td>0-0-0-0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Web_colors" title="Web colors">Hexadecimal</a> (Government)<sup id="cite_ref-kscmyk_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kscmyk-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wikinote_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikinote-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>#244AA5</td> <td>#D0A650</td> <td>#FFFFFF </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Web_colors" title="Web colors">Hexadecimal</a> (Unofficial)<sup id="cite_ref-flagrgb_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-flagrgb-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>#183884</td> <td>#DBBB5B</td> <td>#FFFFFF </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Use<sup id="cite_ref-ksprotocollaw_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ksprotocollaw-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Length and width in centimeters<sup id="cite_ref-ksprotocollaw_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ksprotocollaw-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>When used outdoors (pole is 10 meters tall and in the ground) </td> <td>not exceeding 350 × 498 </td></tr> <tr> <td>When used outdoors (pole is 10 meters tall and on a balcony) </td> <td>200 × 280 </td></tr> <tr> <td>When used indoors (pole is 2.5 meters tall) </td> <td>107 × 150 or 150 × 210 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Table flag </td> <td>16 × 23 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use_of_Albanian_and_Serbian_flags_in_Kosovo">Use of Albanian and Serbian flags in Kosovo</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Kosovo&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Use of Albanian and Serbian flags in Kosovo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Albania" title="Flag of Albania">Albanian flag</a> remains popular with <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Albanians" title="Kosovo Albanians">Kosovo Albanians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lucas_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lucas-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a> does not recognize the 2008 secession of Kosovo and considers it a <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>-governed entity within its <a href="/wiki/Sovereignty" title="Sovereignty">sovereign territory</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Province_of_Kosovo_and_Metohija" title="Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija">Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija</a>, as defined by the 2006 <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Serbia" title="Constitution of Serbia">Constitution of Serbia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Even months after Kosovo's declaration of independence, the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Serbia" title="Flag of Serbia">Serbian flag</a> was still seen at official government buildings until officially replaced by the Kosovo government.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Flags of <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Orthodox_Church" title="Serbian Orthodox Church">Serbian Orthodox Church</a> were used in protests against Kosovo independence and still can be seen in Serb-majority areas in the north.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, a person was sentenced by a panel of <a href="/wiki/European_Union_Rule_of_Law_Mission_in_Kosovo" title="European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo">EULEX</a> judges on 19 November 2009, for inciting hatred by raising a <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Serbia" title="Flag of Serbia">Serbian flag</a> on a mosque in the southern part of <a href="/wiki/Mitrovica,_Kosovo" title="Mitrovica, Kosovo">Mitrovica</a> (among other charges of discord/intolerance and attempted aggravated murder of a police officer).<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Albania.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Albania often used by Kosovo Albanians"><img alt="Flag of Albania often used by Kosovo Albanians" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/120px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/180px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/240px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Albania" title="Flag of Albania">Flag of Albania</a> often used by <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Albanians" title="Kosovo Albanians">Kosovo Albanians</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Serbia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Serbia often used by Kosovo Serbs"><img alt="Flag of Serbia often used by Kosovo Serbs" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/120px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/180px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/240px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Serbia" title="Flag of Serbia">Flag of Serbia</a> often used by <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Serbs" title="Kosovo Serbs">Kosovo Serbs</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_flags">Historical flags</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Kosovo&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Historical flags"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kosovo_in_SFR_Yugoslavia_/_Serbia_and_Montenegro"><span id="Kosovo_in_SFR_Yugoslavia_.2F_Serbia_and_Montenegro"></span>Kosovo in SFR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Kosovo&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Kosovo in SFR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until 1991, Kosovo did not have a flag of its own. However, during different periods of history, different flags were flown in Kosovo. Before 1969, the only flags that could legally fly over Kosovo (then an autonomous province) were those of <a href="/wiki/SFR_Yugoslavia" class="mw-redirect" title="SFR Yugoslavia">SFR Yugoslavia</a> and <a href="/wiki/SR_Serbia" class="mw-redirect" title="SR Serbia">SR Serbia</a>. If a nationalist flag were flown, such as Albanian, Serbian or Croatian, a person could go to prison for doing so.<sup id="cite_ref-Spencer_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spencer-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1969, the Kosovar Albanian population was able to use a variant of the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Albania" title="Flag of Albania">Albanian flag</a> as its ethnic flag.<sup id="cite_ref-Elsie_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elsie-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the flag had to be charged with a <a href="/wiki/Red_star" title="Red star">red star</a>, a symbol of socialism that was present on all Yugoslav flags.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Even without this requirement, the flag of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Socialist_Republic_of_Albania" title="People's Socialist Republic of Albania">People's Socialist Republic of Albania</a> at the time had a red star, outlined in gold, above the double headed eagle.<sup id="cite_ref-Peaslee_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peaslee-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later on, different nationalities in Kosovo could use their own national flags in accordance with legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-Krieger_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Krieger-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before the death of Yugoslav leader <a href="/wiki/Josip_Broz_Tito" title="Josip Broz Tito">Josip Broz Tito</a> and the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia, there were calls for the Albanian flag to be banned because Kosovo Serbs did not want to live under a foreign flag.<sup id="cite_ref-Filipovic_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Filipovic-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This sentiment culminated in the September 1985's "Petition of the 2016" (the number of Kosovo Serbs who organised it), which called for, among other items, a greater statehood status for Serbia and the removal of all Albanian symbols.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Serbian side also began to remove the red star from the Yugoslav flag, using it for protests to counterbalance the Albanian population and to promote a <a href="/wiki/Greater_Serbia" title="Greater Serbia">Greater Serbia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rogel_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rogel-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Committee_for_the_National_Defence_of_Kosovo_(1918).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Kosovo used by Committee "National Defence of Kosovo" 1918."><img alt="Flag of Kosovo used by Committee "National Defence of Kosovo" 1918." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Flag_of_the_Committee_for_the_National_Defence_of_Kosovo_%281918%29.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Committee_for_the_National_Defence_of_Kosovo_%281918%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Flag_of_the_Committee_for_the_National_Defence_of_Kosovo_%281918%29.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_Committee_for_the_National_Defence_of_Kosovo_%281918%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Flag_of_the_Committee_for_the_National_Defence_of_Kosovo_%281918%29.svg/240px-Flag_of_the_Committee_for_the_National_Defence_of_Kosovo_%281918%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="523" data-file-height="349" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of Kosovo used by Committee "National Defence of Kosovo" 1918.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Yugoslavia_(1946-1992).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of SFR Yugoslavia (1946–1992)"><img alt="Flag of SFR Yugoslavia (1946–1992)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/120px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/180px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/240px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Yugoslavia" title="Flag of Yugoslavia">Flag</a> of <a href="/wiki/SFR_Yugoslavia" class="mw-redirect" title="SFR Yugoslavia">SFR Yugoslavia</a> (1946–1992)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_(1992%E2%80%932006).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)"><img alt="Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/120px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/180px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/240px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="Flag of Serbia and Montenegro">Flag</a> of <a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="Serbia and Montenegro">Serbia and Montenegro</a> (1992–2006)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Montenegro_(1946%E2%80%931993),_Flag_of_Serbia_(1947%E2%80%931992).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of SR Serbia (1947–1992)"><img alt="Flag of SR Serbia (1947–1992)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flag_of_Montenegro_%281946%E2%80%931993%29%2C_Flag_of_Serbia_%281947%E2%80%931992%29.svg/120px-Flag_of_Montenegro_%281946%E2%80%931993%29%2C_Flag_of_Serbia_%281947%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flag_of_Montenegro_%281946%E2%80%931993%29%2C_Flag_of_Serbia_%281947%E2%80%931992%29.svg/180px-Flag_of_Montenegro_%281946%E2%80%931993%29%2C_Flag_of_Serbia_%281947%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flag_of_Montenegro_%281946%E2%80%931993%29%2C_Flag_of_Serbia_%281947%E2%80%931992%29.svg/240px-Flag_of_Montenegro_%281946%E2%80%931993%29%2C_Flag_of_Serbia_%281947%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of SR Serbia (1947–1992)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Serbia_(1992%E2%80%932004).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Serbia (1992–2004)"><img alt="Flag of Serbia (1992–2004)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Serbia_%281992%E2%80%932004%29.svg/120px-Flag_of_Serbia_%281992%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Serbia_%281992%E2%80%932004%29.svg/180px-Flag_of_Serbia_%281992%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Serbia_%281992%E2%80%932004%29.svg/240px-Flag_of_Serbia_%281992%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of Serbia (1992–2004)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Serbia_(2004%E2%80%932010).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Serbia (2004–2010)"><img alt="Flag of Serbia (2004–2010)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Serbia_%282004%E2%80%932010%29.svg/120px-Flag_of_Serbia_%282004%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Serbia_%282004%E2%80%932010%29.svg/180px-Flag_of_Serbia_%282004%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Serbia_%282004%E2%80%932010%29.svg/240px-Flag_of_Serbia_%282004%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of Serbia (2004–2010)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_SFR_Yugoslav_Albanian_Minority.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Albanian minority in SFR Yugoslavia"><img alt="Flag of Albanian minority in SFR Yugoslavia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_SFR_Yugoslav_Albanian_Minority.svg/120px-Flag_of_SFR_Yugoslav_Albanian_Minority.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_SFR_Yugoslav_Albanian_Minority.svg/180px-Flag_of_SFR_Yugoslav_Albanian_Minority.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_SFR_Yugoslav_Albanian_Minority.svg/240px-Flag_of_SFR_Yugoslav_Albanian_Minority.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of Albanian minority in SFR Yugoslavia</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republic_of_Kosova">Republic of Kosova</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Kosovo&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Republic of Kosova"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kosova_(1991%E2%80%931999).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Kosova_%281991%E2%80%931999%29.svg/220px-Flag_of_Kosova_%281991%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Kosova_%281991%E2%80%931999%29.svg/330px-Flag_of_Kosova_%281991%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Kosova_%281991%E2%80%931999%29.svg/440px-Flag_of_Kosova_%281991%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Flag of the Republic of Kosova (1991-1999)</figcaption></figure> <p>The flag of the former <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Kosova" title="Republic of Kosova">Republic of Kosova</a> (1991–2000)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> consists of a red flag with a black double-headed eagle centered in the hoist half, similar to the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Albania" title="Flag of Albania">flag of Albania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the adoption of <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1244" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244">United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244</a> and the creation of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Interim_Administration_Mission_in_Kosovo" title="United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo">United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo</a> (UNMIK) in June 1999,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the flag and the Republic of Kosova were both abolished. </p><p>The flag was adopted by the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Kosova" title="Republic of Kosova">Republic of Kosova</a> in 1991 as a variation of the Albanian flag and used throughout the country. In June 1999,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the passing of Resolution 1244 and the establishment of UNMIK, the Republic of Kosova ceased to exist along with the flag. The flag had little to no recognition when it was used, only being seen in <a href="/wiki/1991_Kosovan_independence_referendum" title="1991 Kosovan independence referendum">referendums</a>, <a href="/wiki/1992_Kosovan_general_election" title="1992 Kosovan general election">general elections</a> and TV reports.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When UNMIK was established, the flag was seen up until 2000, when it was replaced with the Albanian flag. In the <a href="/wiki/Pre%C5%A1evo_Valley" title="Preševo Valley">Preševo Valley</a>, the flag was used <a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_the_Pre%C5%A1evo_Valley" title="Insurgency in the Preševo Valley">during the insurgency</a> until 2001,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when the <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro">Yugoslav Army</a> took back the <a href="/wiki/Ground_Safety_Zone" title="Ground Safety Zone">Ground Safety Zone</a> and occupied areas by the <a href="/wiki/Liberation_Army_of_Pre%C5%A1evo,_Medve%C4%91a_and_Bujanovac" title="Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac">Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac</a> (UÇPMB).<sup id="cite_ref-Mine_kills_Serb_police_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mine_kills_Serb_police-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kosovo_under_United_Nations_administration">Kosovo under United Nations administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Kosovo&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Kosovo under United Nations administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Administered_Kosovo" title="United Nations Administered Kosovo">Kosovo was under the administration</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Interim_Administration_Mission_in_Kosovo" title="United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo">United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo</a> (UNMIK), the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_Nations" title="Flag of the United Nations">UN flag</a> was flown in Kosovo for official purposes. The Constitutional Framework for Self Government in Kosovo, promulgated in May 2001, allowed institutions to use approved symbols if authorized by UNMIK.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Specific flags and emblems were authorized for used by the <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Police_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosovo Police Service">Kosovo Police Service</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Protection_Corps" title="Kosovo Protection Corps">Kosovo Protection Corps</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Institutions_of_Self-Government" title="Provisional Institutions of Self-Government">Provisional Institutions of Self-Government</a>. Some municipalities in Kosovo also adopted official symbols during the period of administration by UNMIK. The <a href="/wiki/North_Atlantic_Treaty_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="North Atlantic Treaty Organization">NATO</a>-led international peacekeeping force in Kosovo, <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Force" title="Kosovo Force">KFOR</a>, also used a distinctive flag during this period. </p><p>However, many Kosovo Albanians usually used the Albanian flag.<sup id="cite_ref-Lucas_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lucas-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Albanian flag was also used on public buildings, even though it was against UN regulations. Regulations stated only the UN flag and other authorized flags, like those of institutions and cities, could fly on public buildings. If the Albanian flag was flown, then the Serbian flag was to have been flown too, according to these regulations. However, this was rarely done in practice and the flag of Albania was ever-present in Kosovo during the UNMIK period.<sup id="cite_ref-Lucas_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lucas-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Holohan_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holohan-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to the declaration of independence, Kosovo used a flag featuring a map of Kosovo against a blue background, similar to the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina">flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Cyprus" title="Flag of Cyprus">flag of Cyprus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the United Nations used in Kosovo between 1999 and 2008"><img alt="Flag of the United Nations used in Kosovo between 1999 and 2008" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/240px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_Nations" title="Flag of the United Nations">Flag of the United Nations</a> used in Kosovo between 1999 and 2008</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kosovo_pisg_ca.png" class="mw-file-description" title="The Emblem of Kosovo during UN administration also depicted a golden map of Kosovo surmounted by stars on a blue field"><img alt="The Emblem of Kosovo during UN administration also depicted a golden map of Kosovo surmounted by stars on a blue field" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Kosovo_pisg_ca.png/120px-Kosovo_pisg_ca.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Kosovo_pisg_ca.png/180px-Kosovo_pisg_ca.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Kosovo_pisg_ca.png/240px-Kosovo_pisg_ca.png 2x" data-file-width="427" data-file-height="290" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Emblem_of_Kosovo" class="mw-redirect" title="Emblem of Kosovo">Emblem of Kosovo</a> during <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Administered_Kosovo" title="United Nations Administered Kosovo">UN administration</a> also depicted a golden map of Kosovo surmounted by stars on a blue field</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flamuri_i_Policis%C3%AB_s%C3%AB_Kosov%C3%ABs.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Kosovo Police Service"><img alt="Flag of the Kosovo Police Service" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Flamuri_i_Policis%C3%AB_s%C3%AB_Kosov%C3%ABs.svg/120px-Flamuri_i_Policis%C3%AB_s%C3%AB_Kosov%C3%ABs.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Flamuri_i_Policis%C3%AB_s%C3%AB_Kosov%C3%ABs.svg/180px-Flamuri_i_Policis%C3%AB_s%C3%AB_Kosov%C3%ABs.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Flamuri_i_Policis%C3%AB_s%C3%AB_Kosov%C3%ABs.svg/240px-Flamuri_i_Policis%C3%AB_s%C3%AB_Kosov%C3%ABs.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="933" data-file-height="667" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Police_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosovo Police Service">Kosovo Police Service</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Kosovo_Protection_Corps.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Kosovo Protection Corps"><img alt="Flag of the Kosovo Protection Corps" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_the_Kosovo_Protection_Corps.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Kosovo_Protection_Corps.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_the_Kosovo_Protection_Corps.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_Kosovo_Protection_Corps.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_the_Kosovo_Protection_Corps.svg/240px-Flag_of_the_Kosovo_Protection_Corps.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Protection_Corps" title="Kosovo Protection Corps">Kosovo Protection Corps</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kosovo_Sporting_Flag_pre-2008.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Kosovo Olympic Committee (2003–2008)"><img alt="Flag of the Kosovo Olympic Committee (2003–2008)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Kosovo_Sporting_Flag_pre-2008.png/120px-Kosovo_Sporting_Flag_pre-2008.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Kosovo_Sporting_Flag_pre-2008.png/180px-Kosovo_Sporting_Flag_pre-2008.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Kosovo_Sporting_Flag_pre-2008.png 2x" data-file-width="228" data-file-height="159" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Olympic_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosovo Olympic Committee">Kosovo Olympic Committee</a> (2003–2008)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Kosovo_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the KFOR peacekeeping force"><img alt="Flag of the KFOR peacekeeping force" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_the_Kosovo_Force.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Kosovo_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_the_Kosovo_Force.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_Kosovo_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_the_Kosovo_Force.svg/240px-Flag_of_the_Kosovo_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Force" title="Kosovo Force">KFOR</a> peacekeeping force</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Competition_for_a_new_flag">Competition for a new flag</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Kosovo&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Competition for a new flag"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A competition for a new flag, held in June 2007, received 993 entries.<sup id="cite_ref-nkrflagpick_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nkrflagpick-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the terms of UN talks, all such symbols would have to reflect the multi-ethnic nature of Kosovo,<sup id="cite_ref-contest_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-contest-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> avoiding the use of the Albanian or Serbian double-headed eagles or the use of solely red and black or red, blue and white color schemes. Red and black are the colors used on the Albanian flag; red, blue and white are the main colors used on the Serbian flag. Additionally, all entries had to be rectangular and have a 2:3 proportion. The Kosovo Symbols Commission eventually selected three designs,<sup id="cite_ref-csm_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csm-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which were then voted on by the <a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Kosovo" class="mw-redirect" title="Assembly of Kosovo">Assembly of Kosovo</a> (with a two-thirds majority required for approval), when independence was declared after the status talks.<sup id="cite_ref-birn_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-birn-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The three proposals selected were forwarded to the Assembly on 4 February 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-b92_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b92-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_proposals_and_final_choice">The proposals and final choice</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Kosovo&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: The proposals and final choice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Blue field with a white map of Kosovo surrounded by five stars. The stars vary in size and represent the different ethnic groups that reside in Kosovo. The largest star would represent ethnic Albanians.<sup id="cite_ref-nkrflagpick_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nkrflagpick-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A vertical tricolour of black, white and red.<sup id="cite_ref-timesonline_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timesonline-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A vertical tricolour of black, white and red with a spiral (Dardanian symbol of the rotating Sun) in the center of the white stripe.<sup id="cite_ref-timesonline_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timesonline-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Representatives of the people of Kosovo<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> voted on 17 February 2008 to use a variant of the first proposal. The modified version has an additional star, makes the stars equal in size, switches the colors of the stars and map, makes the map bigger, and arranges the stars in a curve above the map.<sup id="cite_ref-kosovo_press_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kosovo_press-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_proposal_Kosovo_2008.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Competition proposal 1"><img alt="Competition proposal 1" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_proposal_Kosovo_2008.svg/120px-Flag_proposal_Kosovo_2008.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_proposal_Kosovo_2008.svg/180px-Flag_proposal_Kosovo_2008.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_proposal_Kosovo_2008.svg/240px-Flag_proposal_Kosovo_2008.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Competition proposal 1</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_proposal_Kosovo_2008-2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Competition proposal 2"><img alt="Competition proposal 2" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_proposal_Kosovo_2008-2.svg/120px-Flag_proposal_Kosovo_2008-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_proposal_Kosovo_2008-2.svg/180px-Flag_proposal_Kosovo_2008-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_proposal_Kosovo_2008-2.svg/240px-Flag_proposal_Kosovo_2008-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="250" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Competition proposal 2</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_proposal_Kosovo_2008-3.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Competition proposal 3"><img alt="Competition proposal 3" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_proposal_Kosovo_2008-3.svg/120px-Flag_proposal_Kosovo_2008-3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_proposal_Kosovo_2008-3.svg/180px-Flag_proposal_Kosovo_2008-3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_proposal_Kosovo_2008-3.svg/240px-Flag_proposal_Kosovo_2008-3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="395" data-file-height="250" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Competition proposal 3</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_proposals">Other proposals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Kosovo&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Other proposals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_flags_of_Kosovo#Flag_proposals" title="List of flags of Kosovo">List of flags of Kosovo § Flag proposals</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Dardania.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Dardania.svg/220px-Flag_of_Dardania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Dardania.svg/330px-Flag_of_Dardania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Dardania.svg/440px-Flag_of_Dardania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>The <i>"Flag of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Dardania" title="Kingdom of Dardania">Dardania</a>"</i></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Rugova" title="Ibrahim Rugova">Ibrahim Rugova</a>, the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_Kosovo" title="President of Kosovo">president of Kosovo</a>, introduced the "flag of Dardania" on October 29, 2000. The flag was blue, inscribed with a red disc with a golden ring. Inside the red disc is the Albanian eagle. The eagle is holding a ribbon with the legend "<a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Dardania" title="Kingdom of Dardania">Dardania</a>" inscribed.<sup id="cite_ref-fotwdar_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fotwdar-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This flag did not gain much popularity,<sup id="cite_ref-rtk_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rtk-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dardania is the name of an ancient region in the same general area as Kosovo. It was occasionally used at cultural and sports events during the UNMIK period and was also used at Rugova's funeral to cover his coffin.<sup id="cite_ref-fotwdar_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fotwdar-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was used as a presidential standard and by the two Rugovan political parties, the Democratic League of Kosovo and the Democratic League of Dardania.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The flag of Dardania is shown as the Presidential Flag on the Kosovo presidency website, making it official.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the election of <a href="/wiki/Vjosa_Osmani" title="Vjosa Osmani">Vjosa Osmani</a> as the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Kosovo" title="President of Kosovo">President of Kosovo</a>, the Dardania Flag has again featured heavily in the institution of the presidency. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Kosovo&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Flag of Kosovo</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/List_of_flags_of_Kosovo" title="List of flags of Kosovo">List</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Albania" title="Flag of Albania">Flag of Albania</a> <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Albanian_flags" title="List of Albanian flags">(List)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emblem_of_Kosovo" class="mw-redirect" title="Emblem of Kosovo">Emblem of Kosovo</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Armorial_of_Kosovo" title="Armorial of Kosovo">Armorial</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Albania" title="Coat of arms of Albania">Coat of arms of Albania</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Armorial_of_Albania" title="Armorial of Albania">(Armorial)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_heraldry" title="Albanian heraldry">Albanian heraldry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_symbols_of_Kosovo" title="National symbols of Kosovo">National symbols of Kosovo</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Kosovo&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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language">Albanian</a>: <i lang="sq">Flamuri i Republikës së Kosovës</i></li><li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_language" title="Serbian language">Serbian</a>: <span lang="sr">Застава Републике Косово</span> / <span title="Serbian-language text"><i lang="sr-Latn">Zastava Republike Kosovo</i></span></li></ul></div></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Kosovo&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ksprotocollaw-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ksprotocollaw_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Early history</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archaeology_of_Kosovo" title="Archaeology of Kosovo">Archaeology</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neolithic_sites_in_Kosovo" title="Neolithic sites in Kosovo">Neolithic sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copper,_Bronze_and_Iron_Age_sites_in_Kosovo" title="Copper, Bronze and Iron Age sites in Kosovo">Copper, Bronze and Iron Age sites</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dardani" title="Dardani">Dardani</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Dardania" title="Kingdom of Dardania">Kingdom of Dardania</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_heritage_in_Kosovo" title="Roman heritage in Kosovo">Roman period</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dardania_(Roman_province)" title="Dardania (Roman province)">Dardania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Praevalitana" 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of Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia" title="Kingdom of Yugoslavia">Kingdom of Yugoslavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Kingdom_(1939%E2%80%931943)" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian Kingdom (1939–1943)">Albanian Kingdom <span style="font-size:85%;">(1939–1943</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Kingdom_(1943%E2%80%931944)" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian Kingdom (1943–1944)"><span style="font-size:85%;">1943–1944)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Autonomous_Province_of_Kosovo" title="Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo">Socialist Autonomous Province <span style="font-size:85%;">(1946–90)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Province_of_Kosovo_and_Metohija" title="Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija">Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija <span style="font-size:85%;">(1990–present)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Kosova" title="Republic of Kosova">Republic of Kosova <span style="font-size:85%;">(1990–1999)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Kosovo_(1995%E2%80%931998)" title="Insurgency in Kosovo (1995–1998)">Insurgency in Kosovo <span style="font-size:85%;">(1995–98)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_War" title="Kosovo War">Kosovo War <span style="font-size:85%;">(1998–99)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Administered_Kosovo" title="United Nations Administered Kosovo">UN administration</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Interim_Administration_Mission_in_Kosovo" title="United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo">UNMIK</a>) <span style="font-size:85%;">(1999–2008)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo <span style="font-size:85%;">(2008–present)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Kosovo" title="Geography of Kosovo">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Environment_of_Kosovo" class="mw-redirect" title="Environment of Kosovo">Environment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biodiversity_of_Kosovo" title="Biodiversity of Kosovo">Biodiversity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_areas_of_Kosovo" class="mw-redirect" title="List of protected areas of Kosovo">Protected areas</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Kosovo" title="Climate of Kosovo">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forests_of_Kosovo" title="Forests of Kosovo">Forests</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Landscapes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Kosovo" title="List of lakes of Kosovo">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Kosovo" title="List of mountains in Kosovo">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Kosovo" title="List of rivers of Kosovo">Rivers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Regions of Kosovo</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ghegs" title="Ghegs">Gegëri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drenica" title="Drenica">Drenica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Has_(region)" title="Has (region)">Has</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llap_(region)" title="Llap (region)">Llap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llapusha" title="Llapusha">Llapusha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luma_(region)" title="Luma (region)">Luma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugova_(region)" title="Rugova (region)">Rugova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metohija" title="Metohija">Dukagjini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Pomoravlje" title="Kosovo Pomoravlje">Anamorava</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Kosovo" title="Politics of Kosovo">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Kosovo_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Kosovo to the European Union">Accession to the EU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_the_Republic_of_Kosovo" title="Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo">Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Kosovo" title="Constitution of Kosovo">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Kosovo" title="Administrative divisions of Kosovo">Districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Kosovo" title="Elections in Kosovo">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_Rule_of_Law_Mission_in_Kosovo" title="European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo">EU Rule of Law Mission (EULEX)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Kosovo" title="Foreign relations of Kosovo">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Kosovo" title="Government of Kosovo">Government</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Kosovo" title="Prime Minister of Kosovo">Prime Minister</a></li></ul></li> <li>Human rights <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Kosovo" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Kosovo">LGBT</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Steering_Group_for_Kosovo" title="International Steering Group for Kosovo">International Steering Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Kosovo" title="Judiciary of Kosovo">Judiciary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Force" title="Kosovo Force">Kosovo Force (KFOR)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Protection_Corps" title="Kosovo Protection Corps">Kosovo Protection Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Kosovo" title="Law of Kosovo">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Security_Force" title="Kosovo Security Force">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Kosovo" title="Municipalities of Kosovo">Municipalities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Police" title="Kosovo Police">Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Kosovo" title="List of political parties in Kosovo">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Kosovo" title="President of Kosovo">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provisional_Institutions_of_Self-Government" title="Provisional Institutions of Self-Government">Provisional institutions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Interim_Administration_Mission_in_Kosovo" title="United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo">UN Interim Administration Mission (UNMIK)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_Kosovo" title="Political status of Kosovo">Status</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Kosovo_declaration_of_independence" title="2008 Kosovo declaration of independence">2008 declaration of independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standards_for_Kosovo" title="Standards for Kosovo">Standards for Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_status_process" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosovo status process">Status process</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Partition_of_Kosovo" title="Partition of Kosovo">Partition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unification_of_Albania_and_Kosovo" title="Unification of Albania and Kosovo">Unification with Albania</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1244" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244">UN Security Council Resolution 1244</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice_advisory_opinion_on_Kosovo%27s_declaration_of_independence" class="mw-redirect" title="International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Kosovo's declaration of independence">ICJ opinion on Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgrade%E2%80%93Pristina_negotiations" title="Belgrade–Pristina negotiations">Belgrade–Pristina negotiations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brussels_Agreement_(2013)" title="Brussels Agreement (2013)">Brussels Agreement</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Kosovo" title="Economy of Kosovo">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_banks_in_Kosovo" title="List of banks in Kosovo">Banks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bank_of_Kosovo" title="Central Bank of Kosovo">Central Bank</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_and_the_euro" title="Kosovo and the euro">Euro <span style="font-size:85%;">(currency)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electrical_energy_in_Kosovo" title="Electrical energy in Kosovo">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natural_resources_of_Kosovo" title="Natural resources of Kosovo">Natural resources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Information_and_communications_technology_in_Kosovo" title="Information and communications technology in Kosovo">Telecoms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Kosovo" title="Transport in Kosovo">Transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Kosovo" title="Tourism in Kosovo">Tourism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Kosovo" title="Category:Society of Kosovo">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Kosovo" title="List of cities and towns in Kosovo">Cities and towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Kosovo" title="Crime in Kosovo">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Kosovo" title="Demographics of Kosovo">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Kosovo" title="Education in Kosovo">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emigration_from_Kosovo" title="Emigration from Kosovo">Emigration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Kosovo" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic groups in Kosovo">Ethnic groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healthcare_in_Kosovo" title="Healthcare in Kosovo">Healthcare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monuments_of_Kosovo" title="Monuments of Kosovo">Monuments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Kosovo" title="Religion in Kosovo">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Kosovo" title="Women in Kosovo">Women</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Kosovo" title="Culture of Kosovo">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anthem_of_the_Republic_of_Kosovo" title="Anthem of the Republic of Kosovo">Anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Kosovo" title="Architecture of Kosovo">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Kosovo" title="Cinema of Kosovo">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Kosovo" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of Kosovo">Coat of arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_clothing_of_Kosovo" title="Traditional clothing of Kosovo">Costume</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovan_cuisine" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosovan cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Kosovo" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Kosovo">Languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Kosovo" title="Literature of Kosovo">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_media_in_Kosovo" title="Mass media in Kosovo">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Kosovo" title="Music of Kosovo">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Names_of_Kosovo" title="Names of Kosovo">Names</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_at_the_Olympics" title="Kosovo at the Olympics">Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Kosovo" title="Public holidays in Kosovo">Public holidays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Kosovo" title="List of radio stations in Kosovo">Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Kosovo" title="Sport in Kosovo">Sport</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_in_Kosovo" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball in Kosovo">Basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Kosovo" title="Football in Kosovo">Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judo_in_Kosovo" class="mw-redirect" title="Judo in Kosovo">Judo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_Kosovo" 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