Flags of the Balkans countries

Country flags

This is a list of the national flags of the countries from Southeuropean Europe and the Balkans.

Colors of the flags

The most used color in the Balkans countries flags is the red. Red color is in the national flags of 10 countries from Southeastern Europe (Bulgaria, Turkey, Romania, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Republic of Macedonia, Slovenia and Moldova).

The white color is on the national flags of 7 Balkans countries (Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Kosovo).

The blue color is on the national flag of 7 Southeasteuropean countries (Greece, Romania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia, Moldova and Kosovo).

The yellow color is on the coutry flags of 5 countries from the Balkans (Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Moldova and Kosovo).

The green color is presented only on the national country flag of Bulgaria and the black color is only for the double-head eagle on national flag of Albania.

Animals on the flags

There are few animals on the natioanal flags and in the coats of arms or in the state emblems of the Southeasteuropean countries. We have already said about the double-head eagle on the country flag and in the state emblem of Albania. There is a double-head eagle in the flags and coats of arms of Serbia and Montenegro too. One head eagle is on the coats of arms of Romania and Moldova.

Lions are in the coats of arms of Bulgaria, Montenegro, Romania and Croatia. There are other animals too: bulls, fish, goat, fox, etc.

Elements of the flags

A crown is presented on the coats of arms of Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia and a cross on the state emblems of Bulgaria, Greece, Moldova, Montenegro and Serbia. There is a crescent on the coats of arms of Turkey, Croatia, Romania and Moldova and a star on the Turkish, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Moldovian and Slovenian state emblem.