The flag was established as the national flag of Albania in 1912 when the country gained independence from the Ottoman Empire. The country’s flag consists of five colors: green, black ...

Spectators, draped in Albanian flags of their own ... steadily raising the flags to the backing of each nation's national anthem. "I know and I've come to know the appreciation you all have ...

Their gesture is a nationalist symbol representing the double headed eagle on Albania's national flag. Critics say it could inflame tensions among Serbian nationalists and ethnic Albanians.