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2015 in Belgium
The following lists events that happened in
2015
in the
Kingdom of Belgium
.
Incumbents
Monarch:
Philippe
Prime Minister:
Charles Michel
Events
January
January 3
-
Belgian media
reports that
serial rapist
and murderer
Frank Van Den Bleeken
will be euthanised in prison
in Bruges
on
11 January
.
January 15
-
Belgian police
kill two suspected terrorists in
an anti-terrorism raid near Verviers
.
June
June 28
- A
coach driver
from
Northern Ireland
is
killed
and several teachers and schoolchildren from
Brentwood
in Essex are
injured
after a
coach
crashes
near
Ostend
.
November
November 6
-
Resignation
of
André-Joseph Léonard
as
archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels
comes
into effect;
Jozef De Kesel
,
bishop of Bruges
, named as his successor.
November 21
to 25 -
Brussels lockdown
December
December 12
-
Jozef
De Kesel installed as archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels
Deaths
13 November
–
Éliane Vogel-Polsky
lawyer and feminist