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2014 in Belgium

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The following lists events that happened during 2014 in the Kingdom of Belgium.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch: Philippe
  • Prime Minister: Elio di Rupo (until 11 October), Charles Michel (starting 11 October)

    • February

  • 13 February – Belgium becomes the first country to legalise euthanasia without any age limits.

    • April

  • 4 April – 20 people are injured as protesters from across Europe clash with police in Brussels at a demonstration against high unemployment.

    • May

  • 24 May - Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting kills three and seriously injures one in Brussels.
  • 25 May - Elections are held for the regional parliaments, the federal parliament and the European Parliament.

    • 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 in Iraq and the Levant insurgency.

    • Sports

  • April 6: Ellen van Dijk wins the Tour of Flanders, a women's road cycling World Cup race.

    • Deaths

  • 15 May – Jean-Luc Dehaene, 73, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1940)
  • 5 December – Fabiola, 86, Queen-consort of Belgium from 1960 to 1993 (b. 1928)
  • 29 November - Luc De Vos, 52, Singer of rockband Gorki (b. 1962)

    • References

    2014 in Belgium Wikipedia
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