Archival photos plot nearly every historic moment of Hungary throwing off the shackles of Soviet control 35 years ago. 1 A communist red star is removed from a factory in Budapest in 1989.

Definition of "coat of arms": an arrangement of bearings, usually depicted on and around a shield, that indicates ancestry and distinctions. In scarlet red and white, this coat of arms uses elements ...

Coats of arms, hereditary graphic signs identifying families of nobility, first appeared in Poland in the 13th century. The Polish use of these signs differed in some aspects from what was typical in ...

As Hungary’s right-wing strongman Viktor Orbán begins his fourth term as prime minister, a younger generation of Christian leaders is taking up the mantle of resistance. They face long odds: their ...

In some cases, the swans appear to be the wrong way around. Canberra's coat of arms is steeped in history. Almost a century old, it features a black swan on the left symbolising First Nations ...

The University Arms, whose background colour is azure, contains a gold-edged open book at its centre, on which is inscribed Disce Doce (Learn and Teach). On either side is a sheaf of eight silver ...

Century Arms claims to have sold more than 1 million semi-automatic AK-type rifles. While many of those rifles were built using imported components, in 2022, Century introduced an AK-pattern rifle ...

But a new version of the royal coat of arms, quietly released by the Government last week, is unlikely to be widely seen for months or even years to come. While it forms the latest stage of a ...

The oldest underground in continental Europe, the M1 was built in the late 19th century and has maintained its original character at each stop. Hungary’s unofficial ban on clinking beer glasses ...

A scallop shell representing the family of Diana, Princess of Wales, and a golden lion have been chosen to form part of a new council's coat of arms. West Northamptonshire Council unveiled the ...

For much of the 20th century, the coat of arms was displayed by the hotel, but had been lost in recent years. The inn's current landlord David Clarke said: "The Bull is again proud to renew this ...