2024 in Belgium

Events in the year 2024 in Belgium.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Philippe
 * Prime Minister – Alexander De Croo

January

 * 1 January – 2024 Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union begins.

February

 * 1 February – The Monument to John Cockerill is vandalised during farmers' protests in Brussels.

March

 * 12 March – Far-right political activist and former Vlaams Belang politician Dries Van Langenhove is jailed for one year for Holocaust denial and incitement to violence.
 * 18 March – A police officer is killed and two others are injured in a shooting during a house search in Charleroi investigating illegal trade in arms, drugs, and stolen vehicles; the suspect is shot and critically injured by police.
 * 21 March – Pope Francis laicizes the Bishop of Bruges, Roger Vangheluwe due to abuse.
 * 25 March – Humo magazine and Apache website, both based in Belgium, reveal that politician Filip Dewinter worked as a "senior political advisor" for China for years.

April

 * 12 April – Belgian prosecutors open an investigation into Russian interference in the 2024 European Parliament election.
 * 16 April – Brussels police shut down the right-wing National Conservatism Conference attended by Nigel Farage and expected to host Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

June

 * 9 June –
 * 2024 Belgian federal election: Prime Minister Alexander De Croo's governing coalition loses its majority, leading to his resignation. The New Flemish Alliance win the highest percentage of votes, followed by Vlaams Belang and the Reformist Movement.
 * 2024 Belgian regional elections
 * 19 June –
 * The European Commission reprimands Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, and Slovakia for breaking budget rules.
 * Brussels declines to host a UEFA Nations League match between Belgium and Israel over security concerns.

Scheduled

 * 13 October: 2024 Belgian local elections

Holidays
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 * 1 January - New Year's Day
 * 1 April - Easter Monday
 * 1 May - International Workers' Day
 * 9 May - Ascension Day
 * 20 May - 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

 * 1 January – Camila Batmanghelidjh, 61, Iranian-Belgian charity executive, founder of Kids Company.
 * 20 January – Herbert Glejser, 86, economist.
 * 16 February – Jan Sørensen, 68, footballer
 * 24 February – Benoît van Innis, 63, artist
 * 28 March – Guy Goffette, 76, poet
 * 15 May – Patrick Moenaert, 75, politician.