Brussels, 05/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - On 2 April seven flags of the new Member States of NATO were hoisted during a ceremony at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels, which was organised at a minister of foreign affairs level. This event took place almost 55 years to the day after the signing of the North Atlantic treaty 4 April 1949. NATO has increased from the original 12 countries in the alliance to 26 to almost double that figure and three other countries are waiting to join. The flags of...