An online petition was launched a little less than a month ago asking Google to “recognize“ Kosovo on its platforms. The initiative, started by ethnic Albanian users, received support from Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani.

“Happy to join dua.com’s initiative calling on Google to include Kosovo in all of its services,” Osmani posted on X (formerly known as Twitter), reported KoSSev.

She added that this was a long overdue decision.

“A small tweak for a giant leap in equality, accessibility and inclusivity,” wrote the Kosovo President.

The petition calling on Google to include Kosovo in its services was published on this very platform, i.e. on the dua.com account, which has almost 11,000 followers.

It was launched on July 13 via the Change.org site.

“Politics often creates distance between countries, but technology is supposed to bring them together. In the case of Kosovo, it is the opposite. Despite being recognized as a country by the USA since 2008, the US company Google still doesn’t recognize Kosovo in its platforms, such as Play Store, YouTube, Google Ads, etc.,” reads the petition description, urging users to support it.

“Let’s add Kosovo to all Google’s products now, as it has been an independent country for over 15 years,” it says.

So far a little over 13,000 people have signed the petition.