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The closest to a Greek "national" flag during Ottoman rule was the so-called "Graeco-Ottoman flag" (Γραικοθωμανική παντιέρα), a civil ensign Greek Orthodox merchants (better: merchants from the Greek-dominated Orthodox millet) were allowed to fly on their ships, combining stripes with red (for the Ottoman Empire) and blue ...
Standard used by King George I of Greece. The flag consists of the plain cross version of the national flag, with a royal coat of arms of Greece superimposed in the center of the cross. 1863–1913: Royal standard reported during the early years of King George I's reign. [4] [5] Swallow-tailed Greek flag and the coat of arms of House of ...
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Five unequal horizontal bands; the top-most band of blue - equal to one half the width of the flag - is followed by three bands of white, red, and white, each equal to 1/12 of the width, and a bottom stripe of blue equal to one quarter of the flag width; a circle of 10 yellow, five-pointed stars is centered on the red stripe and positioned 3/8 ...
One explanation for the 9 stripes on the Greek flag is that they represent the nine syllables of the motto, five blue stripes for the syllables Eleftheria and four white stripes for i thanatos. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The motto symbolized and still symbolizes the resolve of the people of Greece against tyranny and oppression.
Voulí Tileórasi (Greek: Βουλή Τηλεόραση, Parliament TV) is a Greek network dedicated to airing non-stop coverage of government proceedings and public affairs programming. The name comes from Greek Βουλή Voulí , meaning 'assembly', 'council', or 'parliament'; and Tileórasi , meaning television .
The introduction of the blue shield with the white cross as the heraldic device to represent Greece occurred on 26 February [O.S. 7 January] 1833, [13] when the regency council which was governing Greece on behalf of its first king, Otto, announced the official design for the coat of arms.