Stepping out …. to discover Brussels’ chocolatiers
By Martin Banks Calling all chocolate lovers.
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POLITICS 
March 22, 2026 Special re-dedication service for Trooper Fred the unknown soldier
By Martin Banks It’s a question that remained a mystery for decades: who exactly was the “unknown soldier” buried in an unmarked grave in Belgium?
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TOURISM
March 22, 2026 Top hotel association welcomes new members
By Martin Banks Relais & Châteaux has welcomed nine new members into the fold, it has been announced.
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HISTORY
March 22, 2026 22 March 2026: This day in history
1622: First American Indian (Powhatan) massacre of Europeans around Jamestown, Virginia, 347 killed 1765: First direct British tax on American colonists, the Stamp Act, is passed by the British Parliament led by Prime Minister George Grenville 1784: The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand 1832: […]
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OPINION
March 18, 2026 What can be done if a single government seeks to paralyse the EU?
By former British Labour MEP Richard Corbett What can be done if a single government seeks to paralyse the EU?
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EUROPE
March 18, 2026 Appeal goes out to commemorate upcoming historic WW1 milestone
By Martin Banks It was supposed to be the “war to end all wars” and a significant World War One landmark in Belgium is approaching.
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EUROPE
March 18, 2026 Going down a treat… that’s Belgium’s chocolatiers
By Martin Banks For one vital sector of the nation’s economy it is Belgium’s equivalent of the Oscars.
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HISTORY
March 18, 2026 18 March 2026: This day in history
1123: First Council of the Lateran (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome, agreements of the Concordat of Worms are ratified 1314: Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake by King Philip IV of France 1325: According to legend, Tenochtitlan is founded on this date […]
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GREEKS ABROAD
March 17, 2026 Dozens killed after Afghanistan rehab centre struck
Dozens of people are feared dead or injured at a drug treatment centre in Afghanistan’s capital after an air strike that the Taliban government blamed on Pakistan.
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GREEKS ABROAD
March 17, 2026 Pan-Macedonian Association of Melbourne re-elects leadership at AGM
The Pan-Macedonian Association of Melbourne and Victoria held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Sunday, 15 March 2026, with a strong attendance of members and a constructive and positive atmosphere throughout the proceedings.
