A new law will not allow any flag other than the national flag to be flown on a flagpole from 1 January in one EU country.

SVT's policy was to allow the flags of the participating countries and the rainbow flags. "There has never been an express ban on the EU flag in the written policy," an EBU spokesperson said.

Germany has made public burning of the EU flag or that of another country punishable by up to three years in jail, classing it as a hate crime. The vote in the Bundestag (parliament) on Thursday ...

Email [email protected] EU flags were confiscated from Last Night of the Proms concert-goers yesterday ...