Coat of Arms, Republic of Kosovo, 2008
The Coat of Arms of the Republic of Kosovo was introduced on 17 February 2008, when the Parliament of Kosovo declared unilateral independence from Serbia. It is a rounded triangular shield, blue with a gold border. On the shield are a yellow geographical map of Kosovo and six white five-pointed stars forming an arch above it. Blue represents the goals of the people of Kosovo for Euro-Atlantic integration and the golden yellow coloured map of Kosovo stands for a prosperous and peaceful country. The white stars represent the communities living in Kosovo: Albanian, Serb, RAE (Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian), Bosniak, Turkish and Goran (Macedonian).