Guy Teissier Wants Waving Foreign Flags in France to Become Illegal - French Government to Vote

In what is a surprising move to many, a new amendment to legislation has been proposed by French member of parliament, Guy Teissier. He is proposing to ""regulate the use of foreign flags in French public spaces by demanding prior permission".


Teissier has said, "A certain number of people, be they French, foreigners or not, during a diverse range of occasions – national holidays, protests – or in their daily lives, wave the flags of their country of origin."


The waving of foreign flags in France has become relatively commonplace, flags such as the Algerian Flag and Moroccan Flag in particular can be seen on a regular basis.

If the new amendment is passed the waving of a foreign flag without prior permission could be punishable with a fine of anything up to €1,500.

Kareem Fakhrawi Dies in Bahrain Police Custody - Flags Waved at Funeral

Amongst much civil unrest in Bahrain, news has emerged that opposition activist Kareem Fakhrwai has died whilst in police custody in a prison. Mattar Mattar, a member of Bahrain opposition group, Wefaq said "Either he was sick and didn't receive treatment or was tortured". Fakhrawi's death was the 4th similar death in Bahrain in recent days, the Bahrain government have promised to investigate.

The Bahraini Government has admitted to holding 453 detainees at the moment, to prevent civil unrest. Bahrain is currently under "martial law". Mattar has said "After these problems, many are afraid to contact us, I estimate the real number is not less than 600. That's one in every 1,000 Bahrainis," he said.


Funerals have surprisingly perhaps become a source of much anger amongst Shi'ites. The Bahrain government has banned all demonstrations, so protestors are waving foreign flags and symbols during funerals. Bahrain's Ministry of Interior warned against this action in a statement on Tuesday 12th April.


Flags being waved around the country at funerals include the Tunisian, Iranian and Iraqi Flags.

Turkish Elections Flag Costs - 36 Million Turkish Liras for 3 Main Political Parties

Turkey is readying itself for elections in June 2011. An amazing set of statistics have been revealed about the costs, the political parties are willing to pay for campaign flags. The three main parties are said to be spending the following:
* The AKP - Justice and Development Party (currently ruling party) - 15 Million Turkish Liras
* The CHP - Republican People’s Party - 12 Million Turkish Liras
* The MHP - Nationalist Movement Party - 9 Million Turkish Liras


Flag Salesman Nihat Bahçıvan says "Public areas are going to be festooned with campaign flags". Bahçıvan added that the AKP have purchased over 15,000 flags to date and that campaign flags account for the majority of a parties' campaign expenses.

Bahçıvan also talked about the heavy workloads the elections willingly brought on for his company - "Our factories work 18-hour days, including weekends. If parties return the eco-friendly flags used in the campaign, we pay back 25 percent of the cost to them".

The Turkish Elections promise to be interesting and once again flags will be at the centre of them.

Turkish National Flag

For further information read: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=election-campaign-products-compete-in-a-fair-2011-04-05

Flag Counters - Free Flag Web Counter Statistics for your Website

Something i've been asked frequently is to list some popular (and free) web counter statistics for your website, but importantly ones that show visitors by country - with the flag as the symbol.

So here are a list of resources that give you all you need to know to pick a free flag website statistics counter.

1) FlagCounter.com - A totally free and fully configurable service. Analyse by country, by maps and by US state. Customise background, text and border colors. Configure the maximum number of flags to show, number of columns to display and write your own title label.








2) 24counter.com - A free configurable PHP service. You can download stats for downloads today, month and year. Also you can view visitors by flags.














3)Super Counters - A free hit counter and flag counter. Fully customisable, visit the site for further information.

4)Trend Counter - A fully configurable free flag counter service. Click this link for a full demo - http://www.trendcounter.com/live/demo.htm

Also if you are interested in joining a Facebook Group about flag counters, then join http://www.facebook.com/pages/Flag-Counter/103762559671473.


Also try out this video on YouTube - "Free Flag Counter for your Blog or Website".



Please if you have a view on this subject and you've read this far - leave a comment. I would love to hear from you.

Turkish support for Japan - both flags waved from Air Balloons

A heart warming story has emerged out of Turkey following the devastating Tsunami in Japan.

Hot air balloons flying over the tourist area of Cappadocia, Turkey are a very popular tourist attraction. On Sunday 27th March, a number of hot air balloons flew the Turkish Flag and Japanese Flag in support of victims for the Tsunami.











The balloons opened a giant poster which read Your pain is our pain". This strapline was available in English, Japanese and Turkish.

Hot air balloon tours are popular in Turkey's Cappadocia region. These flights allow visitors to view the “fairy chimney” rock formations indigenous to the area.





Source: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=0327125233189-2011-03-27

Kingdom of Libya Flag - Will it return?

Amongst the recent tensions in Libya has emerged a flag related issue. Will the former Kingdom of Libya flag return.

The former flag of the Kingdom of Libya is shown below.



But the question is, will this replace the current Libyan flag? This is increasingly seen as a symbol of the Gadaffi regime:



The current flag of Libya as you can see is all green and was introduced by Gaddafi somewhat controversially on November 11, 1977. The flag is the only country flag of the world to have just one color. with no symbol to break the color up. The green reflects the countries love of Islam, for which green is the dominant color.

Various islamic states have major green emphasis in their flag design, these include (but are not limited to):
Algeria
Iran
Mauritania
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates


In recent times, protestors around the world have been seen waving the former Kingdom of Libya flag. Recently in Times Square, New York, USA - 600 protestors were seen and some had the flag. Even within Libya itself the flag has been seen used as a weapon of protest, see this image below:



In the image below, a protester waves the Kingdom of Libya flag. This was during a protest against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, which was held in Benghazi, Libya on February 26, 2011.


In the image below, the Kingdom of Libya flag can be seen waving at the Libyan Embassy in the Hague, Netherlands. This has already replaced the traditional all green Libya flag:


In the image below, the Kingdom of Libya flag can be seen waving outside the Libyan Consulate, in Istanbul, Turkey.

Flags Information - Flag of Midway Islands Page

The Midway Islands page of the Flagsinformation.com Flags of the World website can be found at:
http://www.flagsinformation.com/midway_islands-country-flag.html

The Midway Islands Flag is an unofficial flag that has never been officially adopted.

Description: The Midway Islands flag consists of a blue background with a white divider row in the middle, which separates two shades of blue. Over the top of the background is a Seagull.


There are two images available:

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and the larger 800 X 480 pixels:


To find out further information about the country of Midway Islands visit http://www.flagsinformation.com/midway_islands-country-flag.html
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Flags Information - Flag of Mexico Page

The Mexico page of the Flagsinformation.com Flags of the World website can be found at:
http://www.flagsinformation.com/mexican-country-flag.html

The Mexican Flag was first adopted on September 16th, 1968.

Description: The Mexican flag consists of three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and red; the coat of arms (an eagle with a snake in its beak perched on a cactus) is centered in the white band.


There are two images available:

The smaller 117 X 70 pixels:


and the larger 624 X 370 pixels:


To find out further information about the country of Mexico visit http://www.flagsinformation.com/mexican-country-flag.html
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Flags Information - Flag of Mayotte Page

The Mayotte page of the Flagsinformation.com Flags of the World website can be found at:
http://www.flagsinformation.com/mayotte-country-flag.html

The French territory of Mayotte, simply uses the flag of France.

Description: The Mayotte flag simply uses the French tricolor flag, which consists of three vertical blue stripes. From left to right these are blue, white and red.


There are two images available:

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To find out further information about the Mayotte territory visit http://www.flagsinformation.com/mayotte-country-flag.html
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Flags Information - Flag of Martinique Page

The Martinique page of the Flagsinformation.com Flags of the World website can be found at:
http://www.flagsinformation.com/martinique-country-flag.html

The Martinique Flag was first adopted on May 1st, 1979.

Description: The Martinique flag is used locally only. The flag consists of a blue background with a white cross in the centre splitting the flag into four parts. Each of the four parts has a white snake in it. The flag of France is the official flag of Martinique.


There are two images available:

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To find out further information about the country of the Martinique visit http://www.flagsinformation.com/martinique-country-flag.html
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Flags Information - Flag of the Marshall Islands Page

The Marshall Islands page of the Flagsinformation.com Flags of the World website can be found at:
http://www.flagsinformation.com/marshall_islands-country-flag.html

The Marshall Islands Flag was first adopted on May 1st, 1979.

Description: The Marshall Islands flag is predominantly blue with two orange (at top) and white stripes radiating from the lower hoist-side corner. There is a white star with four large rays and 20 small rays on the hoist side above the two stripes.


There are two images available:

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To find out further information about the country of the Marshall Islands visit http://www.flagsinformation.com/marshall_islands-country-flag.html
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Flags Information - Flag of Malta Page

The Malta page of the Flagsinformation.com Flags of the World website can be found at:
http://www.flagsinformation.com/maltese-country-flag.html

The Maltese Flag was first adopted on September 21st, 1964.

Description: The Malta flag consists of two equal vertical bands of white (hoist side) and red. Located in the upper hoist-side corner is a representation of the George Cross, edged in red.


There are two images available:

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To find out further information about the country of Malta visit http://www.flagsinformation.com/maltese-country-flag.html
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Flags Information - Flag of Mali Page

The Mali page of the Flagsinformation.com Flags of the World website can be found at:
http://www.flagsinformation.com/malian-country-flag.html

The Mali Flag was first adopted on March 1st, 1961.

Description: The Mali flag consists of three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red. These are popular pan-African colors, which derive from the Flag of Ethiopia.

There are two images available:

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To find out further information about the country of Mali visit http://www.flagsinformation.com/malian-country-flag.html
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Flags Information - Flag of Maldives Page

The Maldives page of the Flagsinformation.com Flags of the World website can be found at:
http://www.flagsinformation.com/maldives-country-flag.html

The Maldives Flag was first adopted on July 25th, 1965.

Description: The Maldives flag is mainly red with a large green rectangle in the center bearing a vertical white crescent. The closed side of the crescent is on the hoist side of the flag.

There are two images available:

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To find out more about the Maldives visit http://www.flagsinformation.com/maldives-country-flag.html
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