Het Volk (newspaper)

Het Volk

Het Volk advertised by a newsagent in East Flanders
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	Corelio
Editor	Frank Buyse
Founded	1891
Language	Dutch
Ceased publication	10 May 2008
Headquarters	Gossetlaan 30 Groot-Bijgaarden (Dilbeek) B-1702
Sister newspapers	Het Nieuwsblad, De Gentenaar
Website	www.hetvolk.be

Het Volk (English: The People) was a Belgian newspaper that focused on "news with a human undertone".

Het Volk was first published in 1891. It was the only paper controlled by the Christian labour organizations in Ghent. It opposed socialism. It adopted anti-socialist daily as slogan. The paper was distributed in Ghent, Aalst and Brussels. In 1912, "anti-socialist" changed to Christian labourer's daily.

In 1925, Het Volk was the first newspaper in Belgium to publish a small Sunday issue, "Het Zondagsblad" ("The Sunday Paper"). During the Second World War, Het Volk sold 35,000 a day. It gained international attention in 1944 when it was the first - and for a time, the only - paper to report the Von Rundstedt Offensive in the Ardennes. After the war, Het Volk started organizing sports events. In 1945, the first Omloop Het Volk cycling race was held. In 1952, Het Volk purchased De Nieuwe Gids, a Brussels newspaper. De Nieuwe Gids has disappeared. Their other "cover-paper" De Gentenaar existed.

In 1994, Het Volk was purchased by the Vlaamse Uitgeversmaatschappij. Then the paper became part of Corelio. Since 2001, differences between Het Volk, Het Nieuwsblad and De Gentenaar was small and restricted to the front page. In 2000, Het Volk left Ghent and moved to Groot-Bijgaarden, near Brussels.

Het Volk ceased publication on 10 May 2008 when it merged with its sister newspaper Het Nieuwsblad.