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…
OCTOBER 14, 2024 —The City Council of Miguelturra in Spain, in collaboration with the Spanish Association Against Cancer (Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer, AECC), has unveiled a special flag to mark the International Day Against Breast Cancer, observed on October 19, reported Lanza Digital. The event was part of the city’s support for the cause….
OCTOBER 13, 2024 — Today, in the town of Niharra, Spain, 15-year-old Sonsoles Fernández proudly took center stage at an outdoor plaza, gripping a sacred flag—a tricolor of purple, white, and red—as church bells rang through the air. In front of a massive crowd and an even larger statue of the Virgin Mary, Sonsoles skillfully…
OCTOBER 12, 2024 — Today, Spain celebrates , the Día de la Hispanidad, a national holiday that commemorates Columbus’s arrival in the Americas. While the celebration typically includes a grand display of patriotism, this year’s festivities were impacted by rain, leading to the cancellation of both the ceremonial arrival of the Spanish flag by air…