Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The year 1986 was marked by several historical landmarks, the year Portugal and Spain joined the EU, bringing the membership to 12, and Britain and France announced plans to build the Channel Tunnel.
In Belgium, the country’s footballers came home to a hero’s welcome after finishing 4th in the Mexico World Cup.
The mid-80s, though, was also notable (in Belgium) for one other event: the opening of L’Orchidee Blanche in Brussels, now one of the acknowledged best Vietnamese restaurants in the country and one which Eurocrats now regularly make a beeline for.
