Questions tagged [flag]
Use for questions about the identity and significance of flags used by political entities such as an international organization, a country, a subdivision of one, or any other actor on the political stage.
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Has any Western country in the (say) last 25 years threaten to retaliate militarily when a vessel not navigating under its flag was attacked?
Relating to the various attacks/seizures at sea in recent years, it seems to me Western countries draw a line between vessels formally navigating under flag of country X and those just owned by ...
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Did Gaddafi's choice to have a plain green flag for Libya result in any political consequences?
From 1977-2011, as every kid who ever looked at the flag page in those old dictionaries could tell you, Libya's official flag was a plain green field.
My question is whether this unusual design had ...
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What determines the order of the flags at the UN headquarters in Geneva?
Outside the UN headquarters in Geneva, the flags of the member states are flown in the 'Allée des Drapeaux'. However, looking at photos of the flags, they never appear to be flown in the same order.
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What does this black and white middle-part variation of the communist flag stand for?
That was shown at a Zyuganov rally in 1996, but it's not clear to me if it's some kind of counter-protest that's seen in the background or if it is really the flag of communist organization I don't ...
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What are the flags being flown by this column of Russian tanks?
I just saw this video of Russian tanks on a video on Twitter.
I can see four different flags flown by the soldiers but I can't make out what they are apart from the last one which just looks like the ...
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Is there a version of the flag of Pakistan which uses black instead of green?
I'm trying to figure out if this is a case of really bad color rendering, or is there a version of the flag of Pakistan that uses black instead of (dark) green. Image from Reuters.
The Wikipedia ...
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Why would Russian troops in Ukraine fly the flag of the USSR? And why would the Russian MoD advertise this?
From this video which appears genuine:
I'm miffed at why the Russian soldiers are flying the flag of the USSR. And why would the Russian Ministry of Defense advertise this?
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How and to what extent did the US Senate block or prevent the patenting of the Confederate Flag?
In the recent CNN video Cruz calls Biden's Supreme Court promise 'offensive' and 'insulting' former US senator Carol Moseley Braun responded to comments from US Senators Ted Cruz and Roger Wicker ...
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What, if anything, does a blue-and-white American flag mean?
I saw this flag, consisting of a field of 13 blue and white horizontal stripes, with a blue canton containing 50 white stars, as one of about two dozen flags flying over a booth selling flags in the ...
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What is the blue-white-blue horizontal triband flag waved by karateka Sandra Sánchez at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?
On winning the gold medal in the women’s kata event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Sandra Sánchez waved a blue-white-blue horizontal triband flag with a coat of arms in the center. The coat of arms ...
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What is the symbology of this pin?
I found this recently among old belongings and can't remember when or where I received it. Very curious about its source but more importantly its symbology. Sorry if this is the wrong place, there's ...
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When was the Democratic Party Flag Created?
When was the Democrat Party Flag Created below, with the Donkey Symbol? Wikipedia does not say
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)
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What is the significance of Ukrainian and Belarusian flags on anti-Zeman protest rally in Prague?
On 30 April 2021, thousands of Czechs have rallied in Prague against President Milos Zeman, calling for his removal from office and condemning what opponents say are his pro-Russia views.
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What is this flag with a red 6-pointed star in a red crescent on white ground?
I'm watching a documentary about the right-wing rise in Germany
Here they are speaking about a bar called ''Die Patriotische Bar'' and they happend to have some flags on the ceiling.
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What's the red, white and blue (with stars) banner that Trump was using on the stage in his election campaign?
During election campaign rallys, Trump was always on stages decorated with a red-white-blue-white-red banner with white stars on the blue part. I of course know that's the US colors and the stars are ...
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