2025 in Belgium

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Events in the year 2025 in Belgium .

Incumbents

• Monarch – Philippe
• Prime Minister – Alexander De Croo (until 3 February); Bart De Wever (since 3 February)

Events

• 27 January – Former Belgium national football team player Radja Nainggolan is arrested on suspicion of involvement in cocaine trafficking. ^[1]
• 31 January – The N-VA, Vooruit, CD&V, MR and LE agree to form a federal coalition government with the N-VA's Bart De Wever as prime minister. ^[2]
• 3 February – Bart De Wever is sworn in as prime minister. ^[3]
• 7 February – Following four shootings taking place over a few days in Brussels, the six separate police zones in the city will temporarily start working under one command. ^[4]

Scheduled

• 7 – 17 August – Belgium at the 2025 World Games ^[5]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Belgium

Source: ^{[6] [7]}

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 21 April – Easter Monday
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 29 May – Ascension Day
• 9 June – Whit Monday
• 21 July – Belgian National Day
• 15 August – Assumption Day
• 1 November – All Saints' Day
• 11 November – Armistice Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day

Art and entertainment

• List of Belgian European Film Award winners and nominees
• List of Belgian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Deaths

January

• 3 January – Gilbert Van Binst, 73, footballer (Anderlecht, Club Brugge, national team). ^[8]
• 10 January – Bram Van Paesschen, 45, filmmaker ^[9]
• 30 January – Andrée Dumon, 102, resister ^[10]

See also

• 2025 in the European Union
• 2025 in Europe

References

1. Loftus, Alex (27 January 2025). "Belgian footballer Nainggolan arrested in cocaine trafficking sting". BBC . Retrieved 27 January 2025.
2. "Belgium gets new government with Flemish separatist Bart De Wever as PM". Politico.eu. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
3. Casert, Raf (3 February 2025). "Belgium has a new prime minister, one who long tried to gut the nation and seek regional autonomy". AP News . Retrieved 3 February 2025.
4. "Opnieuw schietpartij in Brusselse gemeente Anderlecht, één dode". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2025-02-07. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
5. "The World Games qualifications for 2025, Chengdu (CHN)". IWGA. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
6. "Belgium Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
7. "Holidays and Observances in Belgium in 2025". Time and Date. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
8. "Ex-Rode Duivel Gille Van Binst op 73-jarige leeftijd overleden na slepende ziekte". HLN. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
9. "Documentairemaker Bram Van Paesschen (45) onverwacht overleden in Laken". Het Laatste Nieuws . 13 January 2025.
10. "La résistante Andrée Dumon est décédée à l'âge de 102 ans". La Libre Belgique . Belga. 1 February 2025.

External links

• Online calendar