Events in the year 2024 in Belgium.
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Incumbents
Events
- 1 January – 2024 Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union begins.
- 1 February – Monument to John Cockerill vandalised during farmers' protests in Brussels.
- 12 March – Dries Van Langenhove Belgian far-right political activist and former Vlaams Belang politician jailed for one year for Holocaust denial and incitement to violence.
- 18 March – One police officer killed and two more injured in a shooting during a house search in Charleroi investigating illegal trade in arms, drugs, and stolen vehicles; the suspect shot and critically injured by police.
- 21 March – Pope Francis laicizes Belgian bishop Roger Vangheluwe due to abuse.
- 25 March – Humo magazine and Apache website, both based in Belgium, reveal that politician Filip Dewinter worked as a "senior political advisor" for China for years.
- 12 April – Belgian prosecutors open investigation into Russian interference in 2024 European Parliament election.
- 16 April – Brussels police shut down the right-wing National Conservatism conference attended by Nigel Farage and expected to host Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Scheduled
- 9 June – 2024 Belgian federal election
Holidays
Source:
- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 1 April - Easter Monday
- 1 May - International Workers' Day
- 9 May - Ascension Day
- 20 May - Whit Monday
- 21 July – Belgian National Day
- 15 August - Assumption Day
- 1 November - All Saints' Day
- 11 November - Armistice Day
- 25 December - Christmas Day
Art and entertainment
Deaths
- 1 January – Camila Batmanghelidjh, 61, Iranian-Belgian charity executive, founder of Kids Company.