Ghent East Flanders Cultural disaster exercise at Ghent museum 2020 is a big year for the Ghent Fine Arts Museum, the MSK. It’s the Van Eyck Year and the MSK is hosting a major exhibition. 250,000 visitors are expected... Tue 15 Oct 11:02 ISOPIX East Flanders Ghent bans new front gardens with hard landscaping The city of Ghent is banning front gardens with hard landscaping. No further building licences will be delivered. Sun 13 Oct 11:57 East Flanders Hit & run suspect didn’t notice a thing 6/10/19 - A 24-year-old cyclist has reported to the police after details of a hit and run were publicised. The cyclist confirms he was at the location at th... Sun 06 Oct 15:01 East Flanders 20% of young women experience unacceptable behaviour One in five girls and women aged between 16 and 27 experience unacceptable behaviour, unsolicited sexual advances that clearly go too far. Among boys and me... Tue 01 Oct 16:01 Jasper Jacobs East Flanders Rush hour misery for rail commuters in Ghent Rail traffic in and around the East Flemish city of Ghent was subject to disruption on Tuesday morning. Tue 01 Oct 11:27 East Flanders Prince Laurent was a surprise guest at police officers’ retirement party During the party Prince Laurent took time to congratulate both police officers on their retirement. Mon 30 Sep 12:42 East Flanders Two Ghent districts linked by 7,000 dominos The huge domino display was set up to mark the start of the city’s architecture festival. Sun 22 Sep 13:17 Health & Environment European Skeptics Congress staged in Ghent This year’s European Skeptics Congress is taking place in Ghent. Around a hundred members of European sceptic organisations will be attending. Sat 31 Aug 09:31 East Flanders Defective doors at Forensic Psychiatric Centre At total of 20 doors in the Forensic Psychiatric Centre in the East Flemish city have not been functioning correctly for weeks. Fri 16 Aug 16:48 East Flanders Ghent hotels call for limits on renting out rooms to tourists via Airbnb Hoteliers in the East Flemish city of Ghent have called for limitations to be placed on the number of days people in the city can rent out rooms to tourists ... Mon 12 Aug 15:51 East Flanders After the festival comes the clean-up There were far fewer visitors. Around 1 million this year, down from 1.3 million in 2018. Mon 29 Jul 17:16 East Flanders Jail for Ghent freeloader A woman, who has been dining out for months now and has been refusing to pay her tab, is going to jail at last. Thu 18 Jul 09:32 East Flanders Ghent police officers threaten strike action during Ghent Festival The Ghent Local Police Service is understaffed by more than 100 police officers. Mon 24 Jun 10:53 Nicolas Maeterlinck East Flanders Ghent Deliveroo couriers to down tools on Saturday evening The couriers are taking the action in protest at what they say is a 35% cut in the amount Deliveroo pays them to deliver meals. Sat 15 Jun 12:25 East Flanders Discover 20 years of S.M.A.K. in Ghent! Ghent’s contemporary art museum S.M.A.K. is celebrating twenty years at its present location. To mark this anniversary S.M.A.K. is staging “Highlights for a... Thu 13 Jun 09:12 East Flanders Highlights for a Future: 20 Years at S.M.A.K. It’s exactly twenty years ago that Ghent’s contemporary art museum S.M.A.K. moved into a building of its own. To celebrate all available space has been set a... Wed 05 Jun 09:03 East Flanders Ghent paper producer Stora Enso is the possible source of the legionella outbreak The company admitted that it is the possible source in a press statement released on Tuesday afternoon. Tue 04 Jun 17:19 East Flanders Panamarenko’s airship on show for the first time since 2005! It’s twenty years since the Ghent contemporary art museum left the premises it shared with the Ghent Fine Arts Museum, the MSK, on the outskirts of the Citad... Update Thu 23 May 16:19 Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved East Flanders Americans blacklist Ghent company The Americans have put Huawei Technologies Research & Development on their economic black list. Thu 23 May 10:18 East Flanders Join the celebrations at S.M.A.K. at next weekend's Happening! Ghent's contemporary art museum, the S.M.A.K., is currently celebrating its twentieth anniversary at its present location, a former festival hall in the Cita... Thu 16 May 09:44 East Flanders Mother's Day... this calls for flowers! Flanders celebrated Mother's Day on Sunday. The VRT sent a camera team to the weekly flower market in Ghent, at the Kouter, to taste the atmosphere. Sun 12 May 17:41 East Flanders Unique pollard willow dubbed "The Scream" stolen in Ghent The city of Ghent is being confronted with an unusual robbery: part of a tree was stolen in the natural area "Bourgoyen" . Sat 11 May 11:54 Jonas Hamers / ImageGlobe East Flanders Ghent bans most polluting cars starting 2020 City authorities have just announced which cars will be subject to restrictions starting 1 January 2020. Wed 17 Apr 09:28 East Flanders 3,500 people evacuated after suspicious package found in Ghent The suspicious package turned out to be an empty suitcase. Mon 01 Apr 17:18 Crime Three suspects detained in connection with Ghent Afghan’s death The 36-year-old man was found dead at a house in the Baudelostraat on Saturday afternoon. Sun 24 Mar 11:14 East Flanders Jail term for cuberdon warrior A cuberdon seller has been sentenced to two months in prison on account of racist insults. The seller has now been ordered to put 50 metres between his own ... Thu 14 Mar 15:37 East Flanders Foreign drivers too now risk a fine in Ghent In January alone the city of Ghent issued foreign drivers with nearly 600 fines for ignoring the local circulation plan. Until now the Ghent authorities had... Sat 09 Mar 11:51 Economy Port of Ghent to become hub for trade between the Mediterranean and Northern Europe From the start of next month four rail freight routes will open between the East Flemish port and Spain, the South of France and Italy. Fri 22 Feb 14:18 East Flanders Ghent Veldstraat evacuated after gasleak 14/2/19 - Police have reopened the Veldstraat and adjoining streets in Ghent after a gas leak was sorted. This is good news for the travelling public after ... Thu 14 Feb 11:52 East Flanders Hells Angels clubhouse raided in Ghent Police raided the premises of the Hells Angels bikers' club in Gentbrugge (Ghent) on Monday night. Tue 12 Feb 10:41 ImageGlobe Home News 26-year-old woman dies of carbon monoxide poisoning Two other residents of the house were taken to hospital for treatment and survived the poisoning. Sun 20 Jan 17:23 East Flanders For good beer and great cycling head for East Flanders! In East Flanders beer and cycling have been brought together to make a visit to the province even more fun. Thu 17 Jan 09:35 James Arthur Photography Crime Ghent Alderman under investigation after hit and run The cyclists was seriously injured in the accident. Tue 08 Jan 11:24 East Flanders "Penetrating odour" scare in Ghent shopping centre The Ghent shopping centre Gent Zuid at the Zuid square, a busy hub in the south of the city, was evacuated for a while yesterday evening after people had not... Thu 27 Dec 2018 11:29 © Stefaan Van Hul East Flanders Ghent gets Flanders' biggest tram and bus depot The fair city of Ghent is to get the biggest tram and bus depot in Flanders soon. Mon 24 Dec 2018 12:10 Politics Alderwoman with a headscarf for Ghent Flanders is getting its first city cabinet member to wear a headscarf Mon 17 Dec 2018 12:05 Politics Mathias De Clercq to be Ghent’s new Mayor A month and half after the municipal elections agreement has been reached for the formation of a new coalition in the East Flemish city of Ghent. Fri 30 Nov 2018 17:15 East Flanders "Ghent Christmas market in the EU Top 10!" The US business magazine Forbes has included the Ghent Christmas market in its list of Europe's ten most beautiful Christmas markets. Forbes notes that the ... Wed 28 Nov 2018 09:51 East Flanders Ghent post office opens changing room for online shoppers A brand new changing room the pride and joy of the new post office on the Nieuwe Vaart in the East Flemish city of Ghent Wed 21 Nov 2018 16:06 East Flanders Gust the Pig moves into Ghent nursing home Gust the Pig is supposed to get residents to take more movement. Sat 10 Nov 2018 11:20 Home News Ghent Imam acquitted The Ghent Imam and Islamic Studies teacher Brahim Laytouss has been acquitted of harassing a minor. Fri 09 Nov 2018 16:22 East Flanders Traffic woes on the E40 outside Ghent Road works on our motorway to the Brussels Ostend motorway have entered a new phase. Major road works are underway on the E40 Brussels Ostend motorway outsid... Thu 18 Oct 2018 10:15 Politics Talks in Ghent to get under way The first steps have been taken to try find a way out of the impasse in the formation of a new coalition in the East Flemish city of Ghent. Tue 16 Oct 2018 11:50 Politics Ghent polling station sealed off after white powder found in ballot boxes The police were called and the polling station has been cordoned off. Update Sun 14 Oct 2018 17:10 BELGA/WAEM East Flanders Chips for students to stop urinating in public! The authorities in the fair city of Ghent had a treat in store for students on Wednesday evening. In an action intended to discourage urinating on the publi... Thu 11 Oct 2018 10:59 Economy Bpost installs changing room for customers at Ghent post office The new post office with changing room is on the Nieuwevaart in Ghent and replaces the former post office at the Oude Dokken. Fri 05 Oct 2018 17:39 Home News Dries Van Langenhove welcome in Ghent University Library Other areas of the university remain out of bounds to the founder and leader of Schild en Vrienden. Tue 02 Oct 2018 13:13 Jean-François BADIAS / AP Politics Farage: “Van Rompuy ought to pay me for it" The flamboyant British politician Nigel Farage was a guest speaker for the conservative student association KVHV at Ghent University on Friday. Sat 29 Sep 2018 12:10 Culture and Media Ghent considering expanding Museum of Contempory Art A study found that the museum would need to almost double its floor space. Wed 26 Sep 2018 16:00 East Flanders Students protest against radical right-wing group in their midst Several hundred Ghent University students protested against Schild en Vrienden on Tuesday Tue 25 Sep 2018 16:40
East Flanders Cultural disaster exercise at Ghent museum 2020 is a big year for the Ghent Fine Arts Museum, the MSK. It’s the Van Eyck Year and the MSK is hosting a major exhibition. 250,000 visitors are expected... Tue 15 Oct 11:02
ISOPIX East Flanders Ghent bans new front gardens with hard landscaping The city of Ghent is banning front gardens with hard landscaping. No further building licences will be delivered. Sun 13 Oct 11:57
East Flanders Hit & run suspect didn’t notice a thing 6/10/19 - A 24-year-old cyclist has reported to the police after details of a hit and run were publicised. The cyclist confirms he was at the location at th... Sun 06 Oct 15:01
East Flanders 20% of young women experience unacceptable behaviour One in five girls and women aged between 16 and 27 experience unacceptable behaviour, unsolicited sexual advances that clearly go too far. Among boys and me... Tue 01 Oct 16:01
Jasper Jacobs East Flanders Rush hour misery for rail commuters in Ghent Rail traffic in and around the East Flemish city of Ghent was subject to disruption on Tuesday morning. Tue 01 Oct 11:27
East Flanders Prince Laurent was a surprise guest at police officers’ retirement party During the party Prince Laurent took time to congratulate both police officers on their retirement. Mon 30 Sep 12:42
East Flanders Two Ghent districts linked by 7,000 dominos The huge domino display was set up to mark the start of the city’s architecture festival. Sun 22 Sep 13:17
Health & Environment European Skeptics Congress staged in Ghent This year’s European Skeptics Congress is taking place in Ghent. Around a hundred members of European sceptic organisations will be attending. Sat 31 Aug 09:31
East Flanders Defective doors at Forensic Psychiatric Centre At total of 20 doors in the Forensic Psychiatric Centre in the East Flemish city have not been functioning correctly for weeks. Fri 16 Aug 16:48
East Flanders Ghent hotels call for limits on renting out rooms to tourists via Airbnb Hoteliers in the East Flemish city of Ghent have called for limitations to be placed on the number of days people in the city can rent out rooms to tourists ... Mon 12 Aug 15:51
East Flanders After the festival comes the clean-up There were far fewer visitors. Around 1 million this year, down from 1.3 million in 2018. Mon 29 Jul 17:16
East Flanders Jail for Ghent freeloader A woman, who has been dining out for months now and has been refusing to pay her tab, is going to jail at last. Thu 18 Jul 09:32
East Flanders Ghent police officers threaten strike action during Ghent Festival The Ghent Local Police Service is understaffed by more than 100 police officers. Mon 24 Jun 10:53
Nicolas Maeterlinck East Flanders Ghent Deliveroo couriers to down tools on Saturday evening The couriers are taking the action in protest at what they say is a 35% cut in the amount Deliveroo pays them to deliver meals. Sat 15 Jun 12:25
East Flanders Discover 20 years of S.M.A.K. in Ghent! Ghent’s contemporary art museum S.M.A.K. is celebrating twenty years at its present location. To mark this anniversary S.M.A.K. is staging “Highlights for a... Thu 13 Jun 09:12
East Flanders Highlights for a Future: 20 Years at S.M.A.K. It’s exactly twenty years ago that Ghent’s contemporary art museum S.M.A.K. moved into a building of its own. To celebrate all available space has been set a... Wed 05 Jun 09:03
East Flanders Ghent paper producer Stora Enso is the possible source of the legionella outbreak The company admitted that it is the possible source in a press statement released on Tuesday afternoon. Tue 04 Jun 17:19
East Flanders Panamarenko’s airship on show for the first time since 2005! It’s twenty years since the Ghent contemporary art museum left the premises it shared with the Ghent Fine Arts Museum, the MSK, on the outskirts of the Citad... Update Thu 23 May 16:19
Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved East Flanders Americans blacklist Ghent company The Americans have put Huawei Technologies Research & Development on their economic black list. Thu 23 May 10:18
East Flanders Join the celebrations at S.M.A.K. at next weekend's Happening! Ghent's contemporary art museum, the S.M.A.K., is currently celebrating its twentieth anniversary at its present location, a former festival hall in the Cita... Thu 16 May 09:44
East Flanders Mother's Day... this calls for flowers! Flanders celebrated Mother's Day on Sunday. The VRT sent a camera team to the weekly flower market in Ghent, at the Kouter, to taste the atmosphere. Sun 12 May 17:41
East Flanders Unique pollard willow dubbed "The Scream" stolen in Ghent The city of Ghent is being confronted with an unusual robbery: part of a tree was stolen in the natural area "Bourgoyen" . Sat 11 May 11:54
Jonas Hamers / ImageGlobe East Flanders Ghent bans most polluting cars starting 2020 City authorities have just announced which cars will be subject to restrictions starting 1 January 2020. Wed 17 Apr 09:28
East Flanders 3,500 people evacuated after suspicious package found in Ghent The suspicious package turned out to be an empty suitcase. Mon 01 Apr 17:18
Crime Three suspects detained in connection with Ghent Afghan’s death The 36-year-old man was found dead at a house in the Baudelostraat on Saturday afternoon. Sun 24 Mar 11:14
East Flanders Jail term for cuberdon warrior A cuberdon seller has been sentenced to two months in prison on account of racist insults. The seller has now been ordered to put 50 metres between his own ... Thu 14 Mar 15:37
East Flanders Foreign drivers too now risk a fine in Ghent In January alone the city of Ghent issued foreign drivers with nearly 600 fines for ignoring the local circulation plan. Until now the Ghent authorities had... Sat 09 Mar 11:51
Economy Port of Ghent to become hub for trade between the Mediterranean and Northern Europe From the start of next month four rail freight routes will open between the East Flemish port and Spain, the South of France and Italy. Fri 22 Feb 14:18
East Flanders Ghent Veldstraat evacuated after gasleak 14/2/19 - Police have reopened the Veldstraat and adjoining streets in Ghent after a gas leak was sorted. This is good news for the travelling public after ... Thu 14 Feb 11:52
East Flanders Hells Angels clubhouse raided in Ghent Police raided the premises of the Hells Angels bikers' club in Gentbrugge (Ghent) on Monday night. Tue 12 Feb 10:41
ImageGlobe Home News 26-year-old woman dies of carbon monoxide poisoning Two other residents of the house were taken to hospital for treatment and survived the poisoning. Sun 20 Jan 17:23
East Flanders For good beer and great cycling head for East Flanders! In East Flanders beer and cycling have been brought together to make a visit to the province even more fun. Thu 17 Jan 09:35
James Arthur Photography Crime Ghent Alderman under investigation after hit and run The cyclists was seriously injured in the accident. Tue 08 Jan 11:24
East Flanders "Penetrating odour" scare in Ghent shopping centre The Ghent shopping centre Gent Zuid at the Zuid square, a busy hub in the south of the city, was evacuated for a while yesterday evening after people had not... Thu 27 Dec 2018 11:29
© Stefaan Van Hul East Flanders Ghent gets Flanders' biggest tram and bus depot The fair city of Ghent is to get the biggest tram and bus depot in Flanders soon. Mon 24 Dec 2018 12:10
Politics Alderwoman with a headscarf for Ghent Flanders is getting its first city cabinet member to wear a headscarf Mon 17 Dec 2018 12:05
Politics Mathias De Clercq to be Ghent’s new Mayor A month and half after the municipal elections agreement has been reached for the formation of a new coalition in the East Flemish city of Ghent. Fri 30 Nov 2018 17:15
East Flanders "Ghent Christmas market in the EU Top 10!" The US business magazine Forbes has included the Ghent Christmas market in its list of Europe's ten most beautiful Christmas markets. Forbes notes that the ... Wed 28 Nov 2018 09:51
East Flanders Ghent post office opens changing room for online shoppers A brand new changing room the pride and joy of the new post office on the Nieuwe Vaart in the East Flemish city of Ghent Wed 21 Nov 2018 16:06
East Flanders Gust the Pig moves into Ghent nursing home Gust the Pig is supposed to get residents to take more movement. Sat 10 Nov 2018 11:20
Home News Ghent Imam acquitted The Ghent Imam and Islamic Studies teacher Brahim Laytouss has been acquitted of harassing a minor. Fri 09 Nov 2018 16:22
East Flanders Traffic woes on the E40 outside Ghent Road works on our motorway to the Brussels Ostend motorway have entered a new phase. Major road works are underway on the E40 Brussels Ostend motorway outsid... Thu 18 Oct 2018 10:15
Politics Talks in Ghent to get under way The first steps have been taken to try find a way out of the impasse in the formation of a new coalition in the East Flemish city of Ghent. Tue 16 Oct 2018 11:50
Politics Ghent polling station sealed off after white powder found in ballot boxes The police were called and the polling station has been cordoned off. Update Sun 14 Oct 2018 17:10
BELGA/WAEM East Flanders Chips for students to stop urinating in public! The authorities in the fair city of Ghent had a treat in store for students on Wednesday evening. In an action intended to discourage urinating on the publi... Thu 11 Oct 2018 10:59
Economy Bpost installs changing room for customers at Ghent post office The new post office with changing room is on the Nieuwevaart in Ghent and replaces the former post office at the Oude Dokken. Fri 05 Oct 2018 17:39
Home News Dries Van Langenhove welcome in Ghent University Library Other areas of the university remain out of bounds to the founder and leader of Schild en Vrienden. Tue 02 Oct 2018 13:13
Jean-François BADIAS / AP Politics Farage: “Van Rompuy ought to pay me for it" The flamboyant British politician Nigel Farage was a guest speaker for the conservative student association KVHV at Ghent University on Friday. Sat 29 Sep 2018 12:10
Culture and Media Ghent considering expanding Museum of Contempory Art A study found that the museum would need to almost double its floor space. Wed 26 Sep 2018 16:00
East Flanders Students protest against radical right-wing group in their midst Several hundred Ghent University students protested against Schild en Vrienden on Tuesday Tue 25 Sep 2018 16:40
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