FEBRUARY 25, 2025 — The Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) in Marbella, Spain has proposed initiating the process to adopt an official city flag, citing historical and institutional reasons, according to the Diario Sur. The motion, which will be presented at the next municipal plenary session, calls for a panel of experts to be formed…
FEBRUARY 20, 2025 — Ribadeo in Galicia, Spain has officially defined its municipal symbols yesterday, according to a press release by the government. The town’s flag and coat of arms, following a process of consultation and revision, will now be submitted for final approval by the Commission of Heraldry and the Xunta de Galicia. The…
FEBRUARY 11, 2025 — Villodrigo, a small village in Palencia, Spain with 96 residents, has officially adopted its first municipal flag and coat of arms, reports El Espanol. The decision, initially approved in October 2023 by the town council, was finalized after a public consultation and expert review. The newly adopted coat of arms consists…
FEBRUARY 10, 2025 — The Museo de Historia Vicent Felip Sempere in Nules, Spain will host an exhibition detailing the legal reform of the town’s coat of arms and the proposal for a new municipal flag, reports El Periodic. The event, organized by the Department of Heritage in collaboration with the town’s official chronicler, Joan…
DECEMBER 8, 2024 — Supporters of the rebels who removed President Bashar al-Assad today entered several Syrian embassies abroad to replace the national flag with the flag of the Syrian revolution, Reuters and Forbes reports. In Athens, Greece, rebel supporters entered the embassy and hoisted their flag from the rooftop. Police detained four people but…
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…
NOVEMBER 27, 2024 — Laguna de Negrillos, a municipality in Spain, has formally adopted its flag after decades of unofficial use, Leonsur Digital reports. The decision was made during an ordinary plenary session on Monday. The flag, which has been in use since 1966, was not officially approved at the time when the municipality adopted…
NOVEMBER 20, 2024 — The local government of Ribadavia in Spain formalized its coat of arms and flag on Tuesday following the approval of decrees recognizing their official status, reports La Región. The Heraldic Commission of the Xunta de Galicia, the advisory body overseeing the heraldry of Galician municipalities, had issued a favorable report on…
OCTOBER 30, 2024 — On October 24, 2024, a proposed municipal flag for Ribera del Fresno in Spain has been unveiled, Revista Grada reports. Miguel Calvo Verdú, a heraldry expert, presented his design proposal for the town’s first official flag and three proposals to the municipal coat of arms in a meeting with Mayor Miguel…
OCTOBER 22, 2024 — Today, Canarian nationalists commemorate the Day of the Canarian Nationalist Flag, reported the Canarias-semanal. October 22 marks the first public hoisting of the nationalist flag in 1964. The Canarian Nationalist Flag is a proposed flag designed in 1964 by the Free Canary Islands Movement (MCL), an independence group that emerged in…