East Flanders Unions at Ghent University to take action against cuts If the university’s plan to cut expenditure by 20 million euro is implemented there will be job losses among those that work in administrative jobs at the Ea... Tue 21 Mar 12:46
© Radio 2 East Flanders Investigation underway after explosions in Ghent Police and the Judicial Authorities are investigating two explosions that damaged a barber’s shop in the Rabot area of Ghent (East Flanders) on Sunday night. Mon 06 Feb 12:45
EMILIE BONJE East Flanders Well-known Ghent coffee house proprietor and columist pregnant by her late husband Laura Verhulst, who is better-known as "Madam Bakster" has announced that she is currently 13 weeks pregnant with her late husband Kobe’s baby. Mon 09 Jan 13:54
Ghent Saint Peter's Station East Flanders Pensioner’s family hoping to trace rail worker that resuscitated her at Ghent Saint Peter’s Station The family of a 75-year-old woman is trying to find for a rail worker who resuscitated her after she collapsed on the platform of Saint Peter’s Station in Gh... Sun 18 Dec 2022 16:19
Stad Gent East Flanders Gas leak leaves 400 people in Ghent in the cold No gas also meant that those with gas cookers were unable to cook themselves a warm meal. Fri 16 Dec 2022 16:04
East Flanders Ghent pastry chef included in the list of the best chocolatiers in the world Relais Desserts, an international association that honors the crème de la crème of the world’s pastry chefs, has included Marijn Coertjens from Ghent on its ... Fri 28 Oct 2022 13:40
Stad Gent East Flanders First Community Land Trust project in Ghent Construction on the first Community Land Trust(CLT) project in Flanders has started in the Meulestede neighbourhood of Ghent. This model enables people to b... Sun 09 Oct 2022 15:46
East Flanders Students face simulated fire in escape room Figures from Ghent fire service show that nearly half the student digs checked for fire safety last year didn’t comply with the requirements. In order to in... Thu 22 Sep 2022 14:54
East Flanders Bijgaardehof is Flanders biggest co-housing project Flanders’ largest co-housing project opened officially in Ghent, capital of East Flanders, on Saturday. 59 households moved into Bijgaardehof, a block of fl... Sun 18 Sep 2022 15:32
East Flanders One person perishes in hospital blaze at Ghent A&E One person is dead after a serious fire at the Maria Middelares Hospital in Ghent, capital of East Flanders. The blaze broke out in an isolation unit at the... Sun 18 Sep 2022 11:16
East Flanders Bone walls discovered during dig at Ghent Cathedral Excavations in and around St Bavo’s Cathedral in Ghent have uncovered over a thousand skeletons, bone walls and a children’s cemetery. The finds include a pa... Wed 14 Sep 2022 11:21
Stad Gent East Flanders Piano fever hits Ghent A gent from Aalst (East Flanders) has taken the month off in order to play music on one of the many pianos set out across Ghent this month. The pianos have ... Tue 06 Sep 2022 11:08
East Flanders “I watch the TV by candlelight. It's all I've got” Social services are starting to feel the impact of the energy crisis. Today it’s not only people on low income seeking support. Households with two earners... Sun 04 Sep 2022 09:53
Archive photograph of the Stapelplein in Ghent East Flanders Cyclist killed as tanker veers off the road and crashes into Ghent office building The tanker crashed into an office building on the Stapelplein in the north of the city. Tue 23 Aug 2022 14:17
East Flanders Port of Ghent to deploy extra shuttle boats “to reduce freight traffic on the roads” The Port of Ghent has announced that it is to increase the number of shuttle boats available at the port. Wed 27 Jul 2022 15:51
De Ark van Pollare East Flanders Animal Welfare Service seizes Ghent alpacas for a second time The Animal Welfare Service has taken away two alpacas that have been living between buildings housing lock-up garages in the Brugsepoort area of the East Fle... Tue 26 Jul 2022 13:51
East Flanders Ghent Festival: oh wat a party! Last weekend was one of the busiest at the Ghent Festival in many years. On Saturday alone Europe’s largest street festival welcomed 260,000 visitors. Update Mon 25 Jul 2022 16:06
East Flanders New pool “bombing” record set at Ghent swimming baths A new world record was set at the LAGO Gent Rozebroeken swimming pool in the East Flemish city of Ghent on Saturday evening. Sun 26 Jun 2022 12:35
Google maps East Flanders Computer theft “biggest in Ghent’s history” Police in Ghent have started an investigation after the theft of 310 laptop computers and tablets from the ICT department of the City of Ghent. Investigators... Wed 15 Jun 2022 10:45
Nicolas Maeterlinck East Flanders Man dies after his car veers off the road and lands in a river in Ghent A 29-year-old man has died after his car ended up in the River Leie in the East Flemish city of Ghent. Sun 12 Jun 2022 12:14
photo as illustration BELGA-foto ter illustratie East Flanders Rat found in Ghent classroom A kindergartener found a rat amongst toys at his school in Ghent this week. The Freinet School De Harp has been having problems with rats since works were c... Thu 21 Apr 2022 15:41
East Flanders City of Ghent invests in 30 new generic ATMs The cash machines will be installed in areas of the city where bank branch closures have meant that locals are forced to travel some distance if they want to... Mon 11 Apr 2022 16:25
East Flanders Extinction Rebellion activists block access to coal terminal Members of the radical environmentalist group Extinction Rebellion staged a protest at the Port of Ghent on Friday morning. Fri 01 Apr 2022 16:03
Radio 2 East Flanders Ghent to confront litterbugs with their work The city of Ghent has decided not to clear up any discarded rubbish at several spots in the Citadel Park, one of the most beautiful green spaces in the East ... Tue 29 Mar 2022 10:43
Roman Bezoes (c)Belga East Flanders 300 AA Gent supporters donate goods for Ukrainian refugees AA Gent had called on supporters to bring relief supplies for Ukrainian refugees to the club’s fan shop on Saturday and Sunday. Mon 07 Mar 2022 15:55
archive photo Belga East Flanders Police take drunken driver off De Lijn bus It was at the Dampoort railway station in Ghent that police intervened to remove a drunken driver from a bus operated by the Flemish local transport company.... Wed 02 Mar 2022 10:45
Gent in de jaren 50 met het Gravensteen, Vrijdagmarkt en Sint-Jacobs East Flanders Unique photos reveal Ghent in the Fifties Aerial photos dating from the Fifties have been digitised and are now available to a wider audience. The 2,000 aerial photos had been completely forgotten. ... Sun 27 Feb 2022 10:08
East Flanders Ghent University opens new disciplinary investigation into inappropriate behaviour by professor The rector of Ghent University has launched a disciplinary investigation into alleged inappropriate sexual behaviour by one of the university’s professors. Tue 22 Feb 2022 10:29
East Flanders Storm Eunice claims a second victim in Belgium: a man hit by a solar panel dies of his injuries A man who was hit on the head by a solar panel on Friday, as Storm Eunice passed over the East Flemish city of Ghent, had died of his injuries. Sat 19 Feb 2022 16:40
James Arthur Photography East Flanders Father of crèche manageress arrested for assault that led the death of a baby, manageress released on bail On Wednesday a 6-month-old girl was taken with life-threatening injuries from the crèche. Sat 19 Feb 2022 12:31
James Arthur Photography East Flanders Baby girl that sustained life-threatening injuries at an East Flemish crèche has died A six-month-old baby that was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries from a crèche in the Ghent suburb of Mariakerke on Wednesday has died. Fri 18 Feb 2022 15:50
DLE East Flanders Ghent vaccination centre closed due to storm Anyone that had due to visit the centre for a vaccine will be contacted to make a new appointment. Fri 18 Feb 2022 14:42
East Flanders Fire-fighters tackle major blaze in Port of Ghent Fire-fighters were tackling a major blaze in the Port of Ghent yesterday evening. A hangar belonging to the Stukwerkers company on the Port Arthurlaan stood... Thu 06 Jan 2022 11:29
Facebook - Gent Dok Brewing Company East Flanders Flemish brewpub to the rescue of Dutch brewers in lockdown Flemish brewer Dok Brewing Company in Ghent has started to market ten Dutch beers. Due to the lockdown in the Netherlands the pubs are closed, and brewers f... Thu 06 Jan 2022 11:04
East Flanders Pupils sit their exams at velodrome Pupils from the Freinet Atheneum De Wingerd secondary school in Ghent (East Flanders) are sitting their end of term exams in unique surroundings. Fri 10 Dec 2021 15:53
East Flanders “No free beds at Ghent ICU: politicians are responsible!” Critical care specialist Dominique Benoit (Ghent University Hospital) tells the politicians to take clear decisions. Wed 01 Dec 2021 09:44
Vrijdagmarkt East Flanders Bailiffs remove two Ghent chippies Two iconic chippies in Ghent have been towed away after the proprietors failed to keep up with payments. Thu 25 Nov 2021 11:57
Copyright Eline Arnoys East Flanders Tom Boonen’s coach becomes Tiny House A woman from Ghent has just bought the old promotion coach used by Flemish cycling champ Tom Boonen. Eline Arnoys intends to turn the Van Hool coach into a t... Tue 23 Nov 2021 14:36
East Flanders Ghent cancels Christmas events The City of Ghent is cancelling all Christmas and New Year’s holiday events. The events affected include the Winterfeesten (Winter Feasts), the Entry of St ... Sat 20 Nov 2021 17:40
Isabelle Dekeyzer East Flanders Ghent’s Festival of Light will go ahead this weekend despite rise in coronavirus figures On Thursday evening the festival, that got under way on Wednesday attracted very large crowds. Fri 12 Nov 2021 16:21
East Flanders Fresh sexual assault in Ghent bar street There’s been yet another sexual assault in a bar in the student neighbourhood of Ghent (East Flanders). Police arrested a suspect, who was later released un... Thu 11 Nov 2021 14:43
East Flanders Ghent Light Festival opens tonight The fifth edition of Ghent’s Light Festival starts tonight. It’s the first mass event in the city since the start of the pandemic. As the number of corona ... Wed 10 Nov 2021 10:16
Flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0/visitgent/https://flic.kr/p/SytwKd East Flanders Ghent pledges action against pub rape culture The City of Ghent intends to consult with the police, hospitality and Meldet, the organisation that collects reports of sexual violence in the city. The mov... Mon 08 Nov 2021 10:31
East Flanders Four die as car ends up in Ghent's River Leie It looks like a tragic accident, which happened in the middle of the night. Sat 23 Oct 2021 09:58
Holiday Inn Gent Expo East Flanders Hotel rooms for international students at Ghent University The shortage of student accommodation in the East Flemish capital has forced Ghent University to book rooms for foreign students in a hotel. Rooms for 32 in... Wed 20 Oct 2021 11:28
East Flanders Fines of up to 4,000 euros meted out to fly-tippers A court in Ghent has meted out fines of up to 4,000 euros to 13 defendants found guilty of fly-tipping. East Flemish prosecutors took a series of suspected ... Tue 19 Oct 2021 16:39
East Flanders Ghent steelworkers down tools in protest at new collective labour agreement Around 100 workers from two departments at the Arcelor Mittal steel plant in Ghent (East Flanders) are taking strike action. Tue 19 Oct 2021 15:56
Jurgen Eeckhout East Flanders Ghent deploys Fons the Robot in the battle against the fag end The City of Ghent is launching an offensive against the discarded fag end and in this battle Fons the Robot has received pride of place. Fons is a convention... Tue 19 Oct 2021 15:47
East Flanders Lovedown is new online tool to discover Ghent The fair city of Ghent has just launched a new campaign aimed at attracting tourists from the four corners of the continent of Europe. A special online tool... Thu 14 Oct 2021 11:49
Radio 2 East Flanders Ghent night clubs unhappy with Covid Safe Ticket The club-owners point to practical issues such as queues gathering outside their establishments. Tue 12 Oct 2021 12:16
