VIDEO: Whoops! Kosovo - a "newporn" country
The advertisement was designed to promote foreign investment in Kosovo, but it didn't quite work out that way.
(ADW) The advertisement was designed to promote foreign investment in Kosovo, but it didn't quite work out that way.
Just before Kosovo declared independence in 2008, it unveiled a large statue in Pristina with the word "newborn" proudly spelled out in large yellow letters.
So the government decided to feature the work of art in its promotional video advertisement.
However when the ad began appearing locally on the internet, many viewers were amused to discover that the statue appeared to be spelling the word "newporn" instead.
The Kosovon government soon figured out why: vandals had sprayed blue paint on the statue blocking out some of its lettering.
Luckily this error was caught just in time before the ad was due to be aired all over the world on CNN! It was redesigned and now you can no longer see the little slip-up, however the original 16 second video is above.
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