| Date - Field | Albania - Flag description |
2012 January
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 (1443-1478); 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" |
2011 January
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 SKANDERBERG, who led a successful uprising against the Turks that resulted in a short-lived independence for some Albanian regions (1443-1478); 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" |
2010 January
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 SKANDERBERG, who led a successful uprising against the Turks that resulted in a short-lived independence for some Albanian regions (1443-1478) |
2009 January
Flag description | red with a black two-headed eagle in the center |
2008 January
Flag description | red with a black two-headed eagle in the center |
2007 January
Flag description | red with a black two-headed eagle in the center |
2006 January
Flag description | red with a black two-headed eagle in the center |
2005 January
Flag description | red with a black two-headed eagle in the center |
2004 January
Flag description | red with a black two-headed eagle in the center |
2003 January
Flag description | red with a black two-headed eagle in the center |
2002 January
Flag description | red with a black two-headed eagle in the center |
2001 January
Flag description | red with a black two-headed eagle in the center |
2000 January
Flag description | red with a black two-headed eagle in the center |
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