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The National Flag

The Albanian National Flag is black double headed eagle on a dark red background. It is one of the most ancient flags in Europe. It used to be Skenderbeg's flag under whose leadership Albania fought against the Turks in the 15 century. The symbolism of the bicephalated eagle is that of the religiously divided Albanians, when the Albanians were divided into Christians of the Western Catholic tradition and the Orthodox East. The National Assembly of Vlora which proclaimed Albanian Independence on 28 November 1912 approved the flag as a symbol of the Albanian nation. The horizontal open-winged eagle symbolises the lack of submission of the highland Albanians to foreign conquest. The communist régime added a yellow five-pointed star to the flag, which, after the communist government collapsed, was removed by the first Albanian pluralist parliament in 1992 after the communisim collapsed