Romanian village unfurls world's largest flag

A tiny Romanian village has entered the record books for unfurling the largest flag ever made.

It took about 200 people several hours to roll out the flag, which was three times the size of a football pitch.

The red, yellow and blue flag covered an area of about 79,290 square meters, beating the previous record held by Lebanon, the Mirror reported.

The five-ton flag was displayed in Clinceni, 22 miles southeast of Bucharest.

Workers struggled to keep it firmly planted on the ground because of windy conditions and had to use small sandbags.

Adrian Dragomir, manager of the Flags Factory which created the flag, says it took weeks to sew and 70 kilometers (44 miles) of thread was needed.

A military brass band played as Prime Minister Victor Ponta and other ministers arrived in the village to view the flag.