Fiji's prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama announced on Tuesday that his country will dump the Union Flag (better known as the Union Jack by most people) from its national flag, the Telegraph reports.

SUVA, Fiji, Feb. 3 (UPI) --Fiji will get a new flag without colonial emblems, such as the Union Jack, and more symbolic of the country, its Prime Minister announced Tuesday. The current flag is light ...

The South Pacific nation of Fiji has launched a competition for a new national flag. The current flag, adopted in 1970 following independence from Britain, is blue with the Union Jack in the left ...

An NGO is calling for Fiji to change its flag, labelling it a reminder of negative colonial inheritances such as racism, divide and rule and cringing subservience. The CEO of the Pacific Dialogue, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fiji opposition parties have questioned the government's decision to change the Pacific nation's flag, accusing Prime Minister ...

FIJI could become the 51st former member of the British Empire to change its flag and still keep its Commonwealth membership. Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said his country planned to remove ...

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Fiji's interim prime minister Frank Bainimarama says his country will get a new flag to reinforce a new identity for his country. Commodore Bainimarama announced the change in his annual New Year's ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—The Pacific island nation of Fiji is the latest country to announce plans to rid its flag of Britain’s Union Jack. “We need to replace the symbols on our existing flag that are ...