Thursdays are veggie days, Belgian town tells citizens

GHENT - Two thousand years after the earliest Christians gave up eating meat on Friday as a penance, the Belgian town of Ghent went one better by urging its citizens to turn completely vegetarian on Thursdays.

Fortis shareholders vote in favor of selling Belgium’s largest bank to BNP Paribas

GHENT, Belgium — Fortis Holding shareholders have voted in favor of selling Belgium’s largest bank to France’s BNP Paribas.

ArcelorMittal shuts down blast furnace at Belgian plant

BRUSSELS - Steel giant ArcelorMittal is shutting down one of two furnaces in its Ghent plant in western Belgium, EuAsiaNews reported quoting local media.

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  • bibmanblog Great love story in Ghent: Aanrijding in Moscou (Belgium, 2008) *** http://bit.ly/k39Ph
  • RobinVdBroecke Went track cycling in Ghent with my friends. 80 people on a 250 m track. Great!
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  • hlnaa I finaly got homa from Ghent with Tisja (<3!). I had to wait like almoste 2 hours on my bus 'till I'd finaly could go home x'D
  • ASweetestThing just back from Ghent. Now chilling with my sweety and watch 'Night at the museum 2'.
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  • epic9x @marcoceppi chrysler museum is a good call, you can walk from there to the footbridge to dt, or back to ghent for drinks #win
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  • zooey 6,9 million usd in grants to new camphill in Ghent http://bit.ly/6ojlL
  • ffp1 @lukask #exlibris #aleph PDS = Shibboleth This is not yet operational in Ghent, but is in the planning for next year (I hope)
  • epic9x @marcoceppi I reccomend ghent. Or take a shot at finding the japanese teahouse if you haven't seen it already, its neat.
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  • itworks I agree with @litrik: Nobel Prize committee and Oslo mayor wanted to meet Obama in person, wondering how we can get him to Ghent
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