Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Flag" produced 13 items.
| 1. Flying the flag for the EU | February 24, 2011 |
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Good news for the EU delegation in Bern. Michael Reiterer, the head of the EU's delegation in Bern, the capital of Switzerland, does not have the easiest of jobs given that... | |
| 2. Not flying the flag | October 14, 2010 |
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A discreet move for EU staff in London. European Union staff have moved into new offices in London, but they have done so very discreetly. The European Commission's... |
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| 3. Finns and beach balls | July 17, 2008 |
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Artistic French licence goes too far for Finns?
Flag fetishists may have noticed that the French presidency beach ball currently adorning the atrium at the front of the... | |
| 4. Colour mix snubs Estonia | January 19, 2006 |
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Must all attempts to give visual expression to the presidency of the EU run into controversy? The Austrian presidency seems to be following on where the UK presidency left... | |
| 5. Flagging interest in protocol question | April 14, 2005 |
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Much heat and light was generated after the pope's death on the subject of flags. In France, anti-clerical mayors berated papist mayors for lowering the civic drapery. In... | |
| 6. UK Tories in a flap over flying the EU flag | November 27, 2003 |
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UK CONSERVATIVES are up in arms about a proposal that would require all merchant marine fleets to fly the European flag – emblazoned on the corner of their own national... | |
| 7. Designers are flying the flag for change | September 26, 2002 |
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THE European Commission has been viewing proposals for a new European flag – but it insists it does not mean that a change is planned. The current flag with 12... | |
| 8. IN BRIEF | May 16, 2002 |
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The Commission's head of delegation to Norway and Iceland, Gerhard Sabathil, was somewhat flummoxed by comments from German MEP and Convention member Joachim Wuermeling... | |
| 9. Banners flag up MEPs' grey image | March 2, 2000 |
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The European Parliament has long faced jibes that it is a grey institution filled with grey individuals, but even hardened cynics were surprised to find the colourful... | |
| 10. MEP has too many stars in his eyes | December 16, 1999 |
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New UK Independence Party MEP Jeffrey Titford wants to know why there are only 12 stars on the EU flag when there are 15 member states. He has has been waiting for three... | |
| 11. Flying the flag for coincidences | April 15, 1999 |
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Meanwhile, the European Investment Bank's Rome bureau chief Caroline Reid is about to be appointed as a director-general in the projects directorate, so becoming the most... | |
| 12. Flying flag for bad taste | February 4, 1999 |
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In the interests of good taste, Entre Nous has decided not to show the poster by Peruvian artist Castro Jota, which is being put up all over Brussels, on this page. Suffice... | |
| 13. Stars will not come out in Scotland | May 9, 1996 |
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THE 12-starred European flag will be much in evidence across Europe this week as supporters of the Union commemorate the birth of a project launched to prevent a further war... | |
