On Nov. 28, Kosovo Albanians celebrated National Flag Day. The Kosovo Albanian flag, which is identical to the Albanian national flag, was hoisted in Pristina and other towns on Nov. 27.

In addition to being celebrated as National Flag Day in Kosovo and Independence Day in Albania, Nov. 28 is linked to two other events the birthday of Adem Jashari, commander of the selfstyled Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander and the day when KLA members first revealed themselves in public in Drenica.

Outgoing premier Hashim Thaci, local officials, opposition representatives and citizens visited the Adem Jashari memorial in Prekaz, in Drenica.

Koha Ditore reports that members and sympathizers of Vetëvendosje in Gjakova, Ferizaj and Lipjan, on Sunday without any difficulty and without being hindered by any official municipal institution undertook an action to remove the flags of the Republic of Kosovo, placed in poles and pillars in the streets of the cities

. “Today is 28 of November – Flag Day, which symbolizes the national holiday. This flag, which we are removing from poles and pillars placed in the streets, is a multi-ethnicity flag”, said Demokrat Zhubi from Vetëvendosje.

In a separate box in Koha Ditore under headline In Lipjan arrested three activists of Vetëvendosje, while removing flags reports that the Vetëvendosje movement announced on Sunday that police have arrested three of its activists in Lipjan, while they were replacing Kosovo flags with national flags.