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It happened today – January 3, 1986 – 40 years ago the European flag became the symbol of the Community

On January 3, 1986, the then European Economic Community officially adopted the twelve-star flag. History, meaning, and ...
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The EU is angry that Eurovision banned the EU flag from the song contest and wants to know why

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BRUSSELS (AP) — The Eurovision song contest ...
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European flag celebrates 40 years as symbol for EU and predecessor

Europe is celebrating its flag: Twelve golden stars, explicitly, and in contrast to some national flags, not representing member states or units but "the ideals of unity, solidarity and harmony among ...
The Financial

64 countries have religious symbols on their national flags

The FINANCIAL — A third of the world’s 196 countries currently have national flags that include religious symbols, according to a new Pew Research analysis. Of the 64 countries in this category, about ...
Reuters

Let in our flag, EU encourages Eurovision after ban 'mistake'

BRUSSELS, May 13 (Reuters) - The Eurovision Song Contest's ban of the European Union flag was a "completely regrettable" mistake that should be rectified next year, the European Commission said on ...