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

January

• 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]

February

• 3 February – Bart De Wever is sworn in as prime minister. ^[3]
• 7 February – Following four shootings in the span of a few days in Brussels, the six separate police zones in the city temporarily start working under one command. ^[4]
• 13 February – Massive protests and a strike are held in Brussels against plans by the De Wever government to reduce public services, resulting in stoppages of bus and tram systems and partial disruptions at Brussels Airport. ^[5]
• 28 February – Two people are killed in a knife attack at a nursing home in Dentergem. The suspect, a 90-year-old man who was institutionalised at the facility on suspicion of killing his wife, is arrested.. ^[6]

Scheduled

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

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Belgium

Source: ^{[8] [9]}

• 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). ^[10]
• 10 January – Bram Van Paesschen, 45, filmmaker ^[11]
• 30 January – Andrée Dumon, 102, resister ^[12]

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. "Close to 100,000 protest Belgian plans to cut social services in strategy to reduce debt". AP News. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
6. "Man, 90, suspected of killing two in Belgium nursing home". France 24. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
7. "The World Games qualifications for 2025, Chengdu (CHN)". IWGA. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
8. "Belgium Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
9. "Holidays and Observances in Belgium in 2025". Time and Date. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
10. "Ex-Rode Duivel Gille Van Binst op 73-jarige leeftijd overleden na slepende ziekte". HLN. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
11. "Documentairemaker Bram Van Paesschen (45) onverwacht overleden in Laken". Het Laatste Nieuws . 13 January 2025.
12. "La résistante Andrée Dumon est décédée à l'âge de 102 ans". La Libre Belgique . Belga. 1 February 2025.

External links

• Online calendar