EU celebrates anniversary of 'Big Bang' enlargement with a splash of colour
The EU put on a colourful display to celebrate Wednesday's 20th anniversary of the biggest enlargement in its history, known as the "Big Bang". The buildings of the European Commission in Brussels, the European Parliament in Strasbourg and the EU building in Luxembourg all lit up in blue and yellow, projecting the slogan "20 Years Together". Ten new countries joined the bloc on 1 May 2004. Almost all of them were from eastern Europe. The integration of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia brought the number of member states from 15 t...