2018 in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Philippe
• Prime Minister: Charles Michel

  Events

• 1 January
• * border change along the Meuse between Belgium and the Netherlands takes effect
• * The entire Brussels-Capital Region becomes a low-emission zone
• 13 January — Angeline Flor Pua wins Miss Belgium 2018

• 3 February — Insyriated wins in six categories at the 8th Magritte Awards, including Best Film and Best Director

• 17 March — Standard Liège wins 2018 Belgian Cup Final

• 1 April — 102nd Tour of Flanders
• 18 April — 82nd Flèche Wallonne

• 17 May — 2-year-old Mawda Shawri killed by a police bullet
• 29 May — Two police officers and a civilian bystander killed in 2018 Liège attack

• 2 July — A Belgian man and his Iranian wife were arrested after plotting a bomb attack against a Mujahedeen Khalq rally in France.

• 31 August — Summer of 2018 is the hottest in almost 200 years

• 14 October – Local elections

• 5 December – Belgium's first recorded death by hazing: the 20-year-old KU Leuven student Sanda Dia dies after taking part in the initiation ceremony for the subsequently disbanded Reuzegom fraternity.
• 9 December – a political crisis emerged over whether to sign the Global Compact for Migration; in an N-VA u-turn the party opposed signing whereas the other three parties in government continued to support it. On December 4, the Prime Minister of Belgium, Charles Michel, announced that the issue would be taken to parliament for a vote. On 5 December, parliament voted 106 to 36 in favor of backing the agreement. Michel stated that he would endorse the pact on behalf of the parliament, not on behalf of the divided government. Consequently, N-VA left the government; the other three parties continue as a minority government.
• 16 December – More than 5,500 people marched in a protest against the Global Compact for Migration, organized by Flemish right-wing parties. A smaller counter-demonstration of around 1,000 people was organised by left-wing groups.
• 18 December – Prime Minister Charles Michel presented his government's resignation to the King, who accepted it a few days later.

  Deaths

January

• January 30: Terry Van Ginderen, aka Tante Terry, 86, TV presenter.

  May

• May 6: Eric Geboers, 55, motorcross and racing driver.
• May 7: Maurane, 57, pop singer and actress
• May 14: William Vance, 82, comics artist

  June

• June 21: Édouard-Jean Empain, 80, industrialist.

  October

• October 3: Hugo Raspoet, 77, singer and gitarist.
• October 5: Walter Capiau, 80, TV presenter.
• October 8: Eliane Liekendael, 90, magistrate.

  December

• December 3: Albert Frère, 92, businessman.
• December 14: Jean-Pierre Van Rossem, 73, economist, politician and criminal.
• 'December 20: Raymond van Uytven, 85, academic historian