2012 in Belgium

Events in the year 2012 in Belgium.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Albert II
 * Prime Minister: Elio Di Rupo

Events

 * February
 * 3 to 4 February – The traffic record is broken in Belgium due to excessive snowfall, 1,275 kilometres of traffic.


 * March
 * 13 March – Sierre coach crash: a bus with Belgian and Dutch schoolchildren crashes in a tunnel near Sierre, Switzerland, killing 28 and injuring 24.
 * 16 March – National day of mourning for the victims of the Sierre coach crash.


 * June
 * 7 June – King Albert II of Belgium opens the 25N railway line.


 * September
 * 17 September – Flemish commercial TV channel VT4 relaunched as VIER.


 * October
 * 14 October – Provincial and municipal elections take place.
 * 24 October – Announcement that Ford Genk would close at the end of 2013 or the beginning of 2014, leaving 4,300 unemployed.
 * 27 October – Five Belgians die in a bus accident in Kerak, Jordan.


 * December
 * 9 December – The Benelux train serving Amsterdam and Brussels is replaced by the Fyra high speed train.

Sports

 * 24 March – The team K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen wins the 2011–12 Belgian Cup.
 * 6 May – Anderlecht win the Belgian Pro League after a home draw against Club Brugge.
 * 2 September – Jenson Button wins the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
 * 7 October – Joseph Mutai wins the Brussels Marathon in 2:16.41.
 * 25–27 August – Ellen van Dijk wins 2012 Lotto-Decca Tour

Deaths

 * 5 May – Jacques Stiennon (born 1920), historian
 * 24 December – Xavier Mabille (born 1933), historian and political scientist