{"id":121526,"date":"2017-11-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/the-dacian-wolf-will-be-romanias-logo-during-the-eu-council-presidency\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T12:10:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T10:10:04","slug":"the-dacian-wolf-will-be-romanias-logo-during-the-eu-council-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/the-dacian-wolf-will-be-romanias-logo-during-the-eu-council-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dacian Wolf will be Romania&#8217;s logo during the EU Council presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>In 2019, Romania will take over the presidency of the EU Council, and the chosen logo will be the Dacian wolf, a decision made following a competition organized by the Ministry of European Affairs.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Dacian battle flag had the shape of a wolf&#8217;s head with an open mouth, continuing with a dragon&#8217;s body; it was made of textile material or leather that inflated in the wind, making a noise that imitated the howling of wolves.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.profit.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Profit<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What does the Dacian wolf represent?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Dacian wolf was the battle flag of the ancient Dacians, featuring a wolf&#8217;s head and a dragon&#8217;s body, designed to emit sounds resembling a howl when caught in the wind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who chose this logo for the EU Council presidency?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The logo was selected following a public competition organized by the Romanian Ministry of European Affairs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When did Romania hold the EU Council presidency?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Romania held the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first time during the first half of 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2019, Romania will take over the presidency of the EU Council, and the chosen logo will be the Dacian wolf, a decision made following a competition organized by the Ministry of European Affairs.&nbsp; The Dacian battle flag had the shape of a wolf&#8217;s head with an open mouth, continuing with a dragon&#8217;s body; it&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-121526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121526"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=121526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}