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The flag of Vatican City, yellow and white with crossed keys under the papal tiara, is incorrect in many emojis, flying outside the United Nations and often even on Vatican buildings.
Courtney Mares/CNA. Vatican March 31, 2020 VATICAN CITY — Vatican flags are flying at half-staff on Tuesday in solidarity with the victims of the coronavirus in Italy and worldwide.
Imagine many people’s surprise to discover that the image of the “Flag of Vatican City” displayed on Wikipedia has been wrong several times over the years.
(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 9 - Italian and Albanian flags were waved as the Giro d'Italia geared to start from the port city of Durres on Friday. A festive atmosphere reigned in Durres, where the world's ...
VATICAN CITY – Two arrests have been made in a widespread cyber-attack that compromised communications of prominent Italian institutions and individuals, including the Vatican.
An Italian man has eluded Vatican security and scaled the 130-meter-high (142-feet-high) dome of St. Peter’s Basilica to protest Italian government and European Union policies.
The arrests were never made. The charges were dropped in 1988 after an Italian court ruled that Italy had no jurisdiction over the affairs of Vatican City, an independent city-state.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Monday (Jan 6) named the first woman to lead a major Vatican department, appointing an Italian sister to take charge of the office that oversees the world's ...
On Monday night, the Empire State Building was illuminated in red, white, and green to for Italian Heritage / Indigenous Peoples' Day - the same colors as the Palestinian flag.
The Vatican has recalled a postage stamp promoting this year’s World Youth Day in Portugal following complaints that it celebrated Portugal’s colonial empire and the nationalist dictatorship ...