Sent 11.05.2017
Received 17.05.2017
Travel time 6 days
Sender Durim from Albania. Thank you!
Sent 30.11.2016
Received 9.12.2016
Travel time: 11 days
Sender Ali - Kosovo
The flag of the Republic of Kosovo was adopted by the
Assembly of Kosovo immediately following the declaration of independence of
Kosovo from Serbia on 17 February 2008. The flag is the result of an
international design competition, organized by the United Nations-backed Kosovo
Unity Team, which attracted almost one thousand entries. The now-used design
was proposed by Muhamer Ibrahimi. It shows six white stars in an arc above a
golden map of Kosovo on a blue field. The stars symbolize Kosovo's six major
ethnic groups.
Before the declaration of independence, Kosovo was under the
administration of the United Nations and used the UN flag for official
purposes. The Serbian and Albanian populations had used their own national
flags since the Socialist Yugoslavia period. The Serbs use a red, blue and
white tricolor, which forms the basis of the current flag of Serbia. The
Albanian population have used the flag of Albania since the 1960s as their
nationality flag. Both flags can still be seen and used within Kosovo.
