Congratulations to Bulgaria, which has won the prize every country was hoping to win … the EU’s highest flagpole! The 1,110 square meter flag — chosen to symbolize the size of Bulgaria’s territory, ...

The immense 1,110sq/m flag, meant to symbolise Bulgaria's territory of 111,000sq/km, was hoisted up the record-breaking 111m pole last week in a forest meadow in the Rhodope mountains.