national anthem

Qatar

Iran team decline to sing national anthem before World Cup opener

All team members remained silent in a move being seen as a signal of support for anti-government protesters in Iran, hundreds of whom have reportedly been killed.

21 November 2022

United Kingdom

Thousands attend Queen's remembrance ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral

"God save the King", the male version of the royal anthem, was also sung during the ceremony for the first time in over 70 years.

10 September 2022

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Violinist plays Ukrainian national anthem before lawmakers in Belgium

A violinist took to the floor before Belgian lawmakers and performed a moving rendition of the Ukrainian national anthem as Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke via video-link to Belgium’s Federal Parliament on Thursday.

1 April 2022

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Opera singers gather in Lviv for rendition of the national anthem

The city has remained relatively safe during the war and sheltered many internally displaced Ukrainian refugees.

15 March 2022

China

Hong Kong outlaws insulting China's national anthem

Hong Kong's legislature has outlawed insulting China's national anthem just as activists planned to commemorate Beijing's 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre despite a ban.

4 June 2020

France

French school classrooms must display national and EU flags from today

The flags must be displayed along with the national motto “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” and the words of the national anthem “La Marseillaise”.

2 September 2019

Slovakia

Is your national anthem a criminal record? It could be in Slovakia after law voted in 'by mistake'

Slovakian politicians who voted to restrict the law on the singing of foreign national anthems in public have said the result was a "mistake" and that they didn't realise what they were voting for.

8 April 2019

Montenegro

Montenegro to fine people who do not stand for national anthem

Many Montenegrin Serbs have refused to recognise the song “Oh, bright dawn of Montenegro” as the national anthem since it was adopted in 2004.

8 October 2018

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A pint-sized vocal powerhouse stuns the crowd at a MLS game

A seven-year-old girl went viral on Sunday (September 23) with her performance of the U.S. national anthem before a LA Galaxy game

26 September 2018

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia renews efforts to find lyrics for its national anthem

The Balkan nation is one of three countries in the world that do not have lyrics for its national anthem, because its politicians have failed to agree any for 19 years.

7 February 2018

Canada

Canada passes bill to make national anthem gender neutral

The change would remove the reference to "sons".

1 February 2018