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Romania had used its older flag starting in 1866, based on a flag used since 1848 in its region of Wallachia. In 2004, there were unconfirmed media reports that Chad had called on the United Nations to look into the issue, prompting then Romanian president Ion Iliescu to make a public statement that his country would not give up the flag.
When Chad adopted its flag, Romania's flag also included an emblem in the middle of the flag on top of the tricolour; this was added after World War II during the Communist era of the second half of the 20th century. However, in 1989 Romania's Communist government was overthrown and the insignia was removed, reverting Romania's flag to the ...
A light blue flag with the national flag in the canton, a diagonally set black-outlined anchor in the fly upper quarter and four yellow five-pointed stars in a horizontal line in the lower half ?—present: Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
The flag of Romania may be raised without restrictions by individuals at their domicile or residence, or by legal entities at their headquarters. [citation needed] The Government is the only official body that fixes days of national mourning, on which the flag of Romania is lowered at half-staff. [citation needed]
National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.
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This is a list of articles holding galleries of maps of present-day countries and dependencies. The list includes all countries listed in the List of countries , the French overseas departments, the Spanish and Portuguese overseas regions and inhabited overseas dependencies.
Map of Romania with flag. Date: 7 December 2006: Source: Map shape is from Image:Romania counties blank big.png, colors and CoA are from Image:Flag of Romania.svg: Author: PavelD: Permission (Reusing this file)