The Coat of Arms of the Republic of Kosovo was introduced on 17 February 2008, when the Parliament of Kosovo declared unilateral independence from Serbia. It is a rounded triangular shield, blue with a gold border. On the shield are a yellow geographical map of Kosovo and six white five-pointed stars forming an arch above it. Blue represents the goals of the people of Kosovo for Euro-Atlantic integration and the golden yellow coloured map of Kosovo stands for a prosperous and peaceful country. The white stars represent the communities living in Kosovo: Albanian, Serb, RAE (Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian), Bosniak, Turkish and Goran (Macedonian).