Kosovo could soon be Europe's newest independent state, but the Albanian majority in Serbia's breakaway province still has to decide on a name, a flag and an anthem. Skip to main content.

Kosovo's new national flag, in thinly disguised tribute to the EU, is blue and yellow and festooned with stars. But few Kosovans seem very enthusiastic about brandishing the symbol of their new state.

Kosovo, one of Europe's ... which broke away from Belgrade in a bloody war in the 1990s and is still pushing for full global ...

Kosovo has its own national flag and anthem but 117 UN member states have not recognised it. Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority fought an insurgency against Serb forces in the 1990s, ...

Key points about the 1998-99 conflict that put Western-backed Kosovo on a path to independence, a move never accepted by Serbia or its allies Russia and China Key points on Kosovo's 1990s war with ...

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Birth pangs from the emergence of the world’s newest nation reverberated yesterday from New York to Moscow as Serbia and its ally Russia rejected a unilateral declaration of ...

Three different flags can be found flying across Kosovo. The official flag bears the diamond shape of its territory and six stars symbolising the six main ethnic groups on a blue background.