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The current flag design often evolved over the years (e.g. the flag of the United States) or can be a re-adoption of an earlier, historic flag (e.g. the flag of Libya). The year the current flag design first came into use is listed in the third column.
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.
The Financial Action Task Force removes the Philippines from its grey list and adds Laos and Nepal to the list. Disasters and accidents. Real Plaza Trujillo collapse. At least 6 people are killed and 79 others are injured after a roof collapses at the Real Plaza Trujillo shopping mall in Trujillo, Peru.
Flag of the Philippines: 1946 – 1985, 1986 – 1998: Flag of the Philippines: 1985 – 1986: Flag of the Philippines: 1862 – 1889: Flag of the Qing dynasty: 1889 – 1912: Flag of the Qing dynasty: 1858 – 1883: Flag of the Russian Empire: 1918: Flag of the Russian Soviet Republic: 1918 – 1922: Flag of the Russian Socialist Federative ...
In 1885, Ghevont Alishan, an Armenian Catholic priest and historian proposed 2 Armenian flags. One of which is a horizontal tricolor flag of red-green-white, with red and green coming from the Armenian Catholic calendar, with the first Sunday of Easter being called "Red Sunday", and the second Sunday being "Green Sunday", with white being added for design reasons.
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ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria has arrested seven Polish nationals for raising Russian flags during anti-government protests this week in the northern state of Kano, Peter Afunanya, a spokesperson for ...
Nigerians began to go to the Philippines for their studies in the 1960s. [1] Nigeria continues to be a hub for Overseas Filipinos primarily workers involved in the oil, gas and construction industry of the country. [7] As of 2011, there were 7,240 Filipinos in Nigeria, mostly professionals and spouses of Nigerian nationals. [8]