2014 in Belgium
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See also: | Other events of 2014 List of years in Belgium |
The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Belgium.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Philippe[1]
- Prime Minister: Elio Di Rupo (until 11 October), Charles Michel (starting 11 October)
Events
- January
- February
- 13 February – Belgium becomes the first country to legalise euthanasia without any age limits.[2]
- March
- April
- 4 April – 20 people injured as protesters from across Europe clash with police in Brussels at a demonstration against high unemployment.[3]
- May
- 24 May – Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting kills three and seriously injures one in Brussels.[4][5]
- 25 May – Elections are held for the regional parliaments, the federal parliament and the European Parliament.
- June
- July
- 17 July – Six Belgians (two with dual nationality) among the 298 people on board killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 brought down in Eastern Ukraine near the Russian border.[6]
- August
- 4 August – Representatives of 83 countries mark the centenary of the beginning of the First World War with remembrance ceremonies at the Allied Memorial in Liège and at St Symphorien cemetery.[7]
- September
- October
- 11 October – Michel Government sworn in 138 days after 25 May elections[8]
- November
- 6 November – 100,000-person anti-austerity demonstration in Brussels ends in violence, with 50 people injured and 30 detained[9]
- December
- 3 December – Foreign ministers from members of NATO attend a summit in Belgium to discuss the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant insurgency.
- 15 December – 24-hour general strike to protest the austerity measures of the Michel Government.[10]
Sports
- 6 April – Ellen van Dijk wins the Tour of Flanders, a women's road cycling World Cup race.
- 24 August – Daniel Ricciardo wins the 70th Belgian Grand Prix at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium[11]
Deaths
- 2 January – Jeanne Brabants, 93, dancer and choreographer (b. 1920)
- 14 January – Alfons Thijs, 69, historian (b. 1944)
- 27 February – Jan Hoet, 77, museum curator (b. 1936)
- 15 May – Jean-Luc Dehaene, 73, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1940)
- 11 August – Simon Leys, 78, diplomat and author (b. 1935)
- 29 November – Luc De Vos, 52, Singer of rockband Gorki (b. 1962)
- 5 December – Fabiola, 86, Queen-consort of Belgium from 1960 to 1993 (b. 1928)
- 26 December – Leo Tindemans, 92, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1922)
See also
References
- ^ "Philippe, king of Belgium | king of Belgium". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ "Belgium's parliament votes through child euthanasia". BBC News. 13 February 2014.
- ^ "Union protest against unemployment turns violent in Brussels". Reuters. 4 April 2014.
- ^ "Brussels fatal gun attack at Jewish museum". BBC News. 24 May 2014.
- ^ Laura Smith-Spark; Elwyn Lopez; Pierre Meilhan (24 May 2014). "3 dead in shooting at Jewish Museum of Belgium". CNN.
- ^ "MH17: alle belgen geïdentificeerd" (in Dutch). VTM Nieuws. 5 Dec 2014.
- ^ Jon Henley (4 August 2014). "Europe's leaders hail ties of peace as they mark first world war centenary". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ Leo Cendrowicz (10 October 2014). "Belgium's 'kamikaze coalition' to be sworn in 138 days after elections". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ "Brussels protests end in violence". The Guardian. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ "Strikes across Belgium cause transport chaos". BBC News. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ Mark Wohlwender (24 August 2014). "F1: The Belgian Grand Prix 2014". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
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