2012 in Belgium
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Events in the year 2012 in Belgium.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Albert II[1]
- Prime Minister: Elio Di Rupo[2]
Events
- February
- 3 to 4 February – The traffic record is broken in Belgium due to excessive snowfall, 1,275 kilometres of traffic.
- March
- 13 March – Sierre coach crash: a bus with Belgian and Dutch schoolchildren crashes in a tunnel near Sierre, Switzerland, killing 28 and injuring 24.
- 16 March – National day of mourning for the victims of the Sierre coach crash.[3]
- June
- 7 June – King Albert II of Belgium opens the 25N railway line.
- September
- 17 September – Flemish commercial TV channel VT4 relaunched as VIER.
- October
- 14 October – Provincial and municipal elections take place.
- 24 October – Announcement that Ford Genk would close at the end of 2013 or the beginning of 2014, leaving 4,300 unemployed.[4]
- 27 October – Five Belgians die in a bus accident in Kerak, Jordan.
- December
- 9 December – The Benelux train serving Amsterdam and Brussels is replaced by the Fyra high speed train.
Sports
- 24 March – The team K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen wins the 2011–12 Belgian Cup.
- 6 May – Anderlecht win the Belgian Pro League after a home draw against Club Brugge.
- 2 September – Jenson Button wins the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.[5]
- 7 October – Joseph Mutai wins the Brussels Marathon in 2:16.41.
- 25–27 August – Ellen van Dijk wins 2012 Lotto-Decca Tour
Deaths
- 5 May – Jacques Stiennon (born 1920), historian
- 24 December – Xavier Mabille (born 1933), historian and political scientist
See also
References
- ^ "Belgian King Philippe sworn in". BBC News. 21 July 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ "Belgian king begins talks on forming new government". www.irishtimes.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ "Belgian day of national mourning for coach crash dead". BBC News. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "Ford Genk sluit in 2014". De Standaard (in Dutch). 24 October 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "Jenson Button wins Belgian Grand Prix while Lewis Hamilton crashes out". The Guardian. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
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