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Source: BBC World Service "Europe Today"

Roundup

11-16-05

50th Birthday of EU Flag [7min]

The flag of the European Union -- a blue background with 12 gold stars -- is 50 years old today. But what does the flag actually mean today? Our Brussels correspondent Oana Lungescu investigates.

Read entire article at BBC World Service "Europe Today"