Official Government Websites
- : Facebook : Twitter
- Albanian Embassy in Czech Republic : Twitter
- Albanian Embassy in Kuwait : Facebook : Twitter
- Albanian Embassy in Saudi Arabia : Facebook : Twitter
- : Facebook : Twitter
- : Facebook : Twitter
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Flag Description
red with a black two-headed eagle in the center; the design is claimed to be that of 15th-century hero George Castriota SKANDERBEG, who led a successful uprising against the Turks that resulted in a short-lived independence for some Albanian regions (1443-78); an unsubstantiated explanation for the eagle symbol is the tradition that Albanians see themselves as descendants of the eagle; they refer to themselves as “Shkypetars,” which translates as “sons of the eagle”.
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