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Europe is the national anthem of the Republic of Kosovo.〔("Kosovo Parliament Adopts National Hymn" ) ''novinite.com'' 11 June 2008 Link accessed 11/06/08〕 It was composed by Mendi Mengjiqi. As with the national anthems of Spain, Bosnia-Herzegovina and San Marino, the anthem has no official lyrics.〔("Kosovo parliament approves new national anthem" ) ''rian.ru'' 11 June 2008 Link accessed 11/06/08〕〔("Kosovo MPs choose national anthem" ) ''bbc.co.uk'' 11 June 2008 Link accessed 11/06/08〕 It was adopted on 11 June 2008.〔("Kosovo Gets National Anthem" ) ''redorbit.com'' 11 June 2008 Link accessed 11/06/08〕 It was chosen because it contained no references to any specific ethnic group. It was selected by the Assembly of Kosovo, with 72 MPs voting in favour, while 15 voted against and five abstained.〔("Assembly approves Kosovo anthem" ) ''b92.net'' 11 June 2008 Link accessed 11/06/08〕 == Competition for the anthem == On 12 March 2008 the Assembly of Kosovo announced an open contest to choose the anthem in Prishtina newspapers and on the official website of the Assembly.〔 The rules include: * "Composition should be distinguishable: – should be unique and original"〔 * "Length of the composition should not last less than 30 seconds or more than 60 seconds."〔 * "Texts can be included as well in the application, in any official language of the Republic of Kosovo"〔 however, the final adoption is believed not to include them. Choosing the text for the anthem would have been a difficult task because the majority of the population in Kosovo are Albanians, Serbs being the second largest ethnic group. The government has emphasized that no ethnic group should be discriminated against, declaring the state a "democratic, secular and multiethnic republic" thus making it difficult to find lyrics that do not favor one ethnic group over another one. Similar problems were encountered when choosing the flag.〔 〕 Furthermore, the rules also state that the proposal "Should not present or be similar to the hymn or popular song of any country, or hymn of any political party, movement or Institution of Republic of Kosovo, or to implicate any faithfulness towards any ethnic community of Republic of Kosovo."〔 * The proposals must be submitted by 31 March 2008.〔 * The composer of the adopted piece will be awarded €10,000 and two other qualified proposals will receive €7,000 and €5,000.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Europe (anthem)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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