The grand stage was adorned with a number of banners and prominently featured both the American and Albanian flags. Spectators, draped in Albanian flags of their own, attentively listened to an ...

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.

In an election in which flags played a central role, one of the most important banners was hanging behind Ibrahim Rugova as the veteran nationalist claimed victory. Flying next to the Albanian ...