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  2. Flag of Europe - Wikipedia

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    A circle of twelve five-pointed yellow stars on a blue field. Designed by. Collaborative effort involving various people, including Arsène Heitz and Paul M. G. Lévy. The flag of Europe or European flag[note 1] consists of twelve golden stars forming a circle on a blue field. It is the official flag of the European Union.

  3. Symbols of the European Union - Wikipedia

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    The flag of Europe, emblem of both the Council of Europe and the European Union. The flag of Europe is used to represent both the European Union and the Council of Europe. It consists of a circle of 12 golden (yellow) stars on a blue background. The blue represents the west, the number of stars represents completeness while their position in a ...

  4. Circle of stars - Wikipedia

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    The European flag, first adopted by the Council of Europe, consists of 12 golden stars in a circle on a blue background. The stars symbolise the ideals of unity, solidarity and harmony among the peoples of Europe. [7] The number of stars has nothing to do with the number of member countries, though the circle is a symbol of unity. [7]

  5. Flags of Europe - Wikipedia

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    The flag of Turkey is a red flag with a white crescent moon and a star in its centre. The flag is called Ay Yıldız (literally, moon star) or Albayrak (Red flag). It was adopted in 1844 with the Tanzimat reforms; though the shape, placement and shade of the colour [clarification needed] vary.

  6. Symbols of Europe - Wikipedia

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    Flag of Europe. A "Flag of Europe" was introduced by the Council of Europe in 1955, originally intended as a "symbol for the whole of Europe", [26] but due to its adoption by the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1985, and hence by the European Union (EU) as the successor organisation of the EEC, the flag is now strongly associated with the ...

  7. Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Wikipedia

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    In the centre there would be a blue map of Bosnia and Herzegovina outlined in yellow in the middle inside a circle of 10 five-pointed yellow stars. The flag would have been a 1:2 ratio. The second flag proposed was very similar except it had 12 five-pointed stars to represent the European Union. The Flag of Europe has the 12 five-pointed stars ...

  8. Flag of NATO - Wikipedia

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    The flag of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) consists of a dark blue field charged with a white compass rose emblem, with four white lines radiating from the four cardinal directions. Adopted three years after the creation of NATO, it has been the flag of NATO since October 14, 1953. The blue color symbolizes the Atlantic Ocean, while ...

  9. Flag of Amsterdam - Wikipedia

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    The original flag ended up in a depot of the Amsterdams Historisch Museum in the 1970s, where it was recovered in 2008. This banner was subsequently preserved for further preservation. [7] [8] [9] The flag consists of a variant of the city coat of arms on a white background and refers to the courage of the city during the World War II. The ...