DECEMBER 13, 2024 — Education authorities in Armenia have instructed school directors to collect third-grade Armenian language textbooks that sparked controversy over an image resembling a burning national flag, times.am reports. Plans are underway to distribute adhesive stickers to cover the contentious illustration on the back cover. The controversy erupted during the summer when social…
DECEMBER 11, 2024 — The People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) has proposed its own design for the new flag commissioned by the municipality of Maashorst, Netherlands, AD.nl reports. VVD council member Maarten Prinssen criticized the official design (left), describing it as “an ugly thing,” and expressed hope that the alternative design (right) would…
DECEMBER 9, 2024 — The Leningrad Oblast is observing the Day of the Coat of Arms, Flag, and Anthem today, reports Evening St. Petersburg. In an official statement, Governor Alexander Drozdenko noted, “The coat of arms, flag, and anthem keep in themselves the spirit of diligence, courage, and steadfastness, which have always been inherent in…
DECEMBER 9, 2024 — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a decree today introducing an official emblem and flag for Ukraine‘s Foreign Intelligence Service (SZRU), Militarnyi reports. According to the decree, the SZRU’s emblem features a graphite-gray cross with a blue medallion in its center, displaying the Sign of the Princely State of Volodymyr the Great….
DECEMBER 7, 2024 — The Parisian island of Île Saint-Louis has chosen its new unofficial flag following a public voting process, according to a press release. The winning design, dubbed the “Heart of Paris,” garnered the majority of votes in the second round of voting, which concluded on November 28, with 1,100 cumulative votes cast….
DECEMBER 4, 2024 — Andalusia in Spain celebrated its third annual flag day today, according to the Spanish newspaper ABC. The event, established by a decree in November 2022, honors the region’s flag while commemorating the historic autonomy demonstrations of 1977, according to a press release by the government. The central celebration, led by the…
DECEMBER 3, 2024 — The Danish Parliament has approved a new law prohibiting the display of most foreign flags on flagpoles taller than four meters, effective January 1, 2025, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation reports. Flags from neighboring countries such as Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, and Denmark’s territories, the Faroe Islands and Greenland, will remain…
DECEMBER 2, 2024 — Residents of Indre, France, have selected a new flag for their town through an online vote held from November 12 to December 1, according to a press release by the local government. The winning design, created by Mr. Swan Ollivier-Bardoux, received 261 out of 449 votes cast. The design process began…
NOVEMBER 29, 2024 — Today, in Kazan, over 300 people gathered near the Family Center “Kazan” to mark the Day of the State Flag of Tatarstan by unveiling a massive tricolor measuring 50×25 meters (164×82 feet), the largest representation of the flag in the republic’s history, News of Tatarstan and Kazan reports. Designed by T.G….
NOVEMBER 28, 2024 — A woman was arrested in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, after taking a photograph with the former flag of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina during a gathering marking Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Statehood Day on November 25, the Sarajevo Times reported. The woman, part of a group assembled in Banja Luka’s Petar…