Originally adopted by the Council of Europe thirty years earlier, the twelve golden stars on a blue background became the ...

Yet the flag was only adopted to represent what were then the European Communities in 1985, and it only lodged in the public mind as the European Union’s primary symbol in the 21st century.

The European flag has become more than just a representation of a political entity — it embodies the aspirations and ideals of an entire generation. For us, young people from all corners of Europe, ...

In an unusually sharp letter, EU Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas wrote to the organizer, the Swiss-based European Broadcast Union, that its ban contributes to “discrediting a symbol ...

The European Union has lodged an official complaint with the organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest over its refusal to let participants wave the bloc's flag at last Saturday's final. "Such ...

The European Union’s executive will demand explanations from Eurovision song contest organizers why its flag was banned from the concert hall during the final.