Kosova Flag Flamuri I Ri i Kosoves

The flag of Kosovo was officially adopted following the unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008. The flag is partly the result of an international design competition, organized by the United Nations-backed provisional government, which attracted almost a thousand entries. The competition rules insisted that the final design must not use ethnic or national symbols or colour schemes in order to ensure that it represented all citizens. The now-used design is a variant of one proposal. It shows six white stars in an arc above a golden map of Kosovo on a blue field.[2] [3] They are meant to symbolize Kosovo's six ethnic groups: Albanians, Serbs, Turks, Gorani, Roma, and Bosniaks.

The Flag of Kosovo resembles the Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina in terms of colours and shapes used (white stars and yellow shape of the country on a blue field). It also resembles the flag of Democratic Republic of Congo used between 1997 and 2006, which was deep blue with six yellow stars down the hoist and a larger yellow star in the centre.