When you look at the flags of Chad and Romania, they appear strikingly similar, almost identical in design and color. Both feature three vertical stripes, with blue on the left, yellow in the ...

The flags of Romania and Chad became identical in 1989 when the Ceaucescu dictatorship fell and Romania dropped the communist insignia that once decorated the centre of its standard.

While both flags have blue, yellow and red stripes, some experts say the blue colour in Chad's flag is darker than that used in Romania's version. But Mr Iliescu said there was no reason for Romanians ...

Chad and Romania separated by thousands of miles continents and share few historical links, apart, that is, from the colours in their flags. Apart from fa small variation in shades, the two ...