Europe marks WWI centenary in Belgium town
Ypres, the area of the worst trench warfare in the conflict, will host the EU leaders to remember the dead.
Published On 26 Jun 2014
EU leaders will gather in the Belgian town of Ypres on Thursday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of the World War One.
The town was on the front line during the entire conflict and saw some of its worst trench warfare.
Al Jazeera’s Simon McGregor-Wood reports from Ypres.