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Serbia and Montenegro - Ethnical Minorities

• Ashkali
• Bosniaks *
• Bunjevci (Bunyevtsi) *
• Croats *
• Hungarians *
• Macedonians

The Law on the Protection of the Rights and the Freedoms of the national Minorities (SL. 11/02) provides for the minorities to use their national symbols such as flags and coats of arms. The designs of these symbols are determined by the national council of the minority in question with limitation that the symbols can not be the same as the symbols of some other country. The minirities are currently mostly in the process of adoption of their symbols.
In december 2005 the state institutions of Serbia and Montenegro approved the use of the national symbols for four nacional concils: Bosniak, Bunevci, Croat and Magyar (* marked with an asterisk in the list above)
According to the 2002 census the citizens of SCG expressed their national or ethnical qualification as: Yugoslavs, Albanians, Bulgarians, Vlasi, Goranci, Macedonians, Muslims, Germans, Roma, Romanians, Russians, Ruthenians, Slovakians, Slovenians, Ukrainians and Czech (counting more then 2000 members) and others. Beside the above mentioned four communities, the national councils for folowing communities have been formed until the dissolution of SCG: Ruthenian, Romanian, Slovakian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Macedonian, Roma, Vlasi and Greek. These shall probably continue to function within Serbia and we may soon expect their symbols, as well as there may be other councils established in the mean time that may require the rights of hoisting their symbols. Other ethnic communities include Ashkali, Egyptians and Jews...

• Serbia and Montenegro, 2002 - 2006
• Yugoslavia, 1918 - 2006

Ashkali

Matica Aškalija, Amëza e Ashkalive

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The flag is red with a black rising eagle infront of a green disk. The red and black colour are similar with Albanian, with whom the Ashkali live for many years adopting their language. The green disk represent the Islam, faith of the Ashkali.

Bosniaks

Nacionalni savet bošnjačke nacionalne manjine u Srbiji i Crnoj Gori, Bošnjačko nacionalno vijeće

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White flag with the coat of arms in the middle. The coat of arms is based on the 1990's coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina, i.e. on the historical coat of arms of the medieval Kotromanić dynasty. It is per bend vert three crescents argent and azure three fleurs-de-lis or and overall a bend also argent. The symbols is used since early 1990's by the ethnic Muslims (when they soon began to call themselves Bosniaks) mainly in Sandžak region around Novi Pazar. Since the formal adoption in 2004 this is the flag of all the Bosniaks in Serbia and Montenegro.

Bunjevci (Bunyevtsi)

Nacionalni savet bunjevačke nacionalne manjine, Nacionalni savit bunjevačke nacionalne manjine

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The traditional colours of Bunjevci are white and blue, now for the first time actually prescribed as a flag. In white field there is the coat of arms adopted at the same time, while there are the three stars in the blue half reflecting the three star in the recently adopted flag of Vojvodina, here standing for the Trinity and the three main cities where Bunjevci live: Subotica, Sombor and Baja. The coat of arms is per fess argent a lion rampant or holding a sabre and azure three mais ears in saltire binded with a ribbon and topped with a muller of five each all or. The shield is topped with a helmet and a mural crown. The mantle is dexter azure and argent, sinister azure and or.
The ceremonial flag is 150×150 cm edged with golden fringe and three golden fringe tails. The ordinary flag maintains the shape but without the fringe.

Croats

Nacionalni savet hrvatske nacionalne manjine, Hrvatsko nacionalno vijeće

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The flag is equal to the flag of Croatia without the crest of the five historical coats of arms above the chequy shield, i.e. the flag is horizontal tricolour of red voer white over blue with the coat of arms in the middle. The coat of arms is chequy gules and argent.

Hungarians

Nacionalni savet mađarske nacionalne manjine, Magyar Nemzeti Tanács

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The flag is equal to the flag of Hungary with the Hungarian national coat of arms set in the middle.

Macedonians

Nacionalni savet makedonske nacionalne manjine, Националниот совет на Македонците

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The coat of arms of Macedonians in SCG is golden Vergina Sun as was originally proposed for the Macedonian flag in 1992 with blue central elements on a red circular shield bordered with a golden outline. The flag is red with the coat of arms in the middle.

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