Ghent

The viaduct was constructed using similar materials to the bridge in the Italian city that collapsed killing at least 39 people on Tuesday.

Since a new circulation plan was adopted in the Ghent city centre, certain streets are forbidden for through traffic.

The strike at the Ghent inter-municipal waste company Ivago has come to an end, after a deal was struck late in the morning.

The alleged attackers are a couple that live in the same building as the men.

No rubbish is been collected today in Ghent and Ledeberg.

Photographer Alexander Dumarey immortalised the sights in Ghent as Belgium kicked Brazil out of the World Cup.

In Ghent you can get a plaster cast in the colours of the Belgian flag!

Many poorer people that have pets are unable to foot the bill if their animal becomes ill.

The Ghent city authorities are banning the use of amplifiers by buskers and other street artists and musicians.

Police shot a man out on the street in Ghent last night.

Once again there is controversy involving real estate in the East Flemish city of Ghent. In December of last year two directors of the City Development Compa...

The man posted the illicit film footage that had been shot by a hidden camera place in a hole in the changing room door onto a Dutch internet forum containin...

Our colleagues from VRT Radio 2 East Flanders paid a visit to a wallpaper shop in Ghent where you might be forgiven from believing that time has stood still....

Detectives have carried out a searches at the office of the Ghent (East Flanders) Alderwoman responsible for culture Annelies Storms (socialist) and the Ghen...

A 41-year-old man detained on Monday on suspicion of having made illicit films of women getting changed and showering in the changing rooms at a sport hall i...

The Ghent College of Higher Education has asked the police to investigate whether women were secretly filmed in the changing room at its sports hall.

Hundreds of people braved the cold in the East Flemish city of Ghent on Saturday afternoon to watch a colourful parade celebrating New Year.

The oldest company at the Port of Ghent (East Flanders) has seen one of its warehouses seriously damaged as a result of the snow that has fallen in recent days.

4 people were detained after around 250 people marched through the East Flemish city of Ghent on Sunday evening to protest against Romani people and the poli...

One person has been killed and two others seriously injured in an explosion at the Arcelor Mittel steelworks in the East Flemish city of Ghent.

The Ghent (East Flanders) research centre Imec and its partners have developed a new care robot that can provided personalised, tailor—made care for people l...

The Christmas period provides the ideal opportunity for a short winter break and the British newspaper The Guardian has compiled a list of its top ten Christ...

The municipal authorities in Ghent (East Flanders) have decided to allow 16 and 17 year-olds to vote in next year’s municipal elections. After many hours of ...

The Flemish Brabant-based company Saerens is showing off its latest super crane at the Port of Ghent. The SGC-140 is the biggest mobile crane in the world. T...

The local police service in the East Flemish city of Ghent has announced that it will be carrying out large-scale checks in and around the Overpoortstraat.

The skeleton of Leo, the rorqual that was washed up in the Port of Ghent, East Flanders has been given a new home. From today Leo will spend several months a...

Around 150 cyclists have taken part in 200 kilometre bike ride from Ghent (East Flanders) to Liège today. The cycle ride is symbolic as it intended to celebr...

Around 150 of the World’s top mathematicians and theoretical physicians were invited to Ghent Town Hall as part of the 11th International Clifford Algebra co...

The West Flemish Judicial Authorities are reported to be investigating whether a man detained for stabbing to death his ex-girlfriend and her grandparents in...

A Ghent woman who published a Facebook post on Friday about a group of Rom Gypsies that had used the absence of her and her partner to break into and squat i...

A couple from the East Flemish city of Ghent is powerless to remove a group of Romani Gypsies that are squatting in their house. The couple is currently away...

The body of an 81-year-old man has been found in his flat in the East Flemish city of Ghent. He had been dead for 8 months. The landlord of the rented flat h...

In future only mixed-sex duos will be allowed to run in the elections for Rector at the Unversity of Ghent. The new rules were announced by the Flemish Educa...

Once again the University of Ghent is the highest-ranked Belgian university in the Academic Ranking of World Universities. Ghent University is 62nd in the ra...

Thursday 21 April marks the start of the 35th Ghent Floraliën Flower Festival. The plant and flower show attracts tens of thousands of visitors to the East F...

Parents of secondary schoolchildren in and around Ghent have been sent a letter warning them about the dangers of their children sending naked images of them...

A 31-year-old woman has been killed in a road accident in the East Flemish city of Ghent. She died when the car she, her husband and her two children were tr...

The main railway station in the East Flemish city of Ghent has been given a new nick-name. From today Ghent Saint-Peters Station will also be known as "Neuze...

Wednesday was the first day on which fans of the Belgian Football League Champions AA Gent to purchase a season ticket to see their team play during the new ...

There was trouble inside the Nieuwe Wandeling Prison in the East Flemish city of Ghent on Saturday. A number of prisoners broke out of their cells roamed and...

The East Flemish city of Ghent held a celebration on Saturday of a new law that grants so-called “co-mother” the same rights as birth mothers. Since 1 Januar...

The “hostage-taking” in the East Flemish city of Ghent on Monday morning has turned out to be nothing more than a figment of the imagination of the person th...

Three men have been detained by police after a hostage-taking in the East Flemish city of Ghent. The three were taken away from a building near to the city’s...

A specialist team of police officers is preparing to bring to an end a hostage-taking in a block of flats in the East Flemish city of Ghent. Four armed men e...

A paedophile Priest from East Flanders has repeatedly ignored a ban on foreign travel that has been imposed by the Bishop of Ghent Luc Van Looy. The Priest h...

The City of Ghent has named a square after one of its most famous sons, Jan Hoet. The modern art expert Jan Hoet passed away at the end of February. Ghent ha...

The 171st Ghent Festival got under way on Friday evening. The 2014 festival is the first to have its opening night on Friday rather than Saturday. An altern...