The yellow-starred standard is most commonly associated with the EU, but it has a much longer history — and some Europeans seem to despise it. Few flags the world over are as recognisable as the flag ...

A spectator carries a European flag during the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, May 10, 2018. PEDRO NUNES / REUTERS Rarely has the Eurovision Song Contest generated so much controversy.

Europe is celebrating its flag: Twelve golden stars, explicitly, and in contrast to some national flags, not representing member states or units but "the ideals of unity, solidarity and harmony among ...

The new ban, relatively rare in the world’s legal codes, was proposed as a response to the burning of an Israeli flag at a demonstration in 2017. By Christopher F. Schuetze BERLIN — German lawmakers ...

LONDON -- A document accidentally leaked online specifying which flags will be permitted at the Eurovision venue this year has triggered anger across Europe. The guidelines, which are meant to keep ...

The European flag consists of a simple blue background with 12 gold stars arranged in a circle. But the 12 stars don’t represent anything specific, and the color blue was selected because the other ...

Catherine Bearder received a letter from the council telling her to take down the flag A former MEP has said she is "astonished" a city council told her to remove a European flag from outside her home ...

Business Insider spoke with Tim Marshall, author of "Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags" about the significance of the European Union flag. He said: "Why wouldn't you necessarily rally ...

Fans attending the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, will be allowed to wave the European flag, the organisers have confirmed, reversing a highly controversial ban that last year ...

Footage and pictures show somber-looking EU staff in Brussels taking down Union Jack flags hours before Brexit. The UK will finally leave the EU on Friday evening, three-and-a-half years after its ...