Thus, red also signified proximity to the royal court, wealth and power. A white eagle on a red background was also present on heraldic flags. The symbol of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was a ...

The Belarus authorities are now punishing not only those who fly the opposition red-and-white flag but even people sporting socks in those colours. A woman on her way to a driving lesson was ...

The red, green, black and white flag introduced under the Assad family's ruling Baath party remains Syria's official symbol. But since the president's ouster on Sunday, it has been torn down in ...

Graham Bartram, of the Flag Institute, said: "The Welsh flag we know today - a large red dragon on a white and green background - only came into being in 1959. "But, in fact, the red dragon as an ...