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The European Commission has complained to the organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest about reports that attendees were not allowed to bring European flags to the final in Malmö, Sweden on Saturday. The organizer said in a statement that it only allows “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.” However, “due to heightened geo-political tensions, the flag policy was more rigorously enforced by security at this year’s event,” the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said. On Monday, European Commissio…

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