Wrong cross on Maltese flag

"Maltese" flags distributed at an official information activity in City Gate yesterday were recalled after it was pointed out that it carried the wrong cross.

The flags were being handed out as part of a road show on citizens' rights, called "European citizenship: not just words, but also concrete rights!", organised by the European Commission in Malta.

Shortly after Parliamentary Secretary Chris Said gave a speech, encouraging and endorsing the initiative, and flags started being distributed, it was pointed out that an eight-pointed Maltese cross placed in the middle of a strange looking shape had taken the place of the George Cross.

The organisers eventually recalled the embarrassing flags.

The information tour will continue today in Rotunda Square, Mosta and in Victory Square, Vittoriosa tomorrow.