Events in the year 2018 in Belgium.
Incumbents Monarch: Philippe Prime Minister: Charles Michel
Events January 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 February 3 February — Insyriated wins in six categories at the 8th Magritte Awards, including Best Film and Best Director March 17 March — Standard Liège wins 2018 Belgian Cup Final April 1 April — 102nd Tour of Flanders 18 April — 82nd Flèche Wallonne May 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 July 2 July — A Belgian man and his Iranian wife were arrested after plotting a bomb attack against a Mujahedeen Khalq rally in France. August 31 August — Summer of 2018 is the hottest in almost 200 years October 14 October – Local elections December 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 4 December 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 (Michel II). 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 12 January: Léon Ritzen, 78, footballer 18 January: Luc Beyer de Ryke, 84, journalist and politician 26 January: Alfred Léonard, 77, politician 30 January: Terry Van Ginderen, aka Tante Terry, 86, TV presenter (Kom Toch Eens Kijken).
February
4 February: Nat Neujean, 95, sculptor 8 February: Paul Danblon, 86, composer, opera director and administrator, and journalist 10 February: Walter Boucquet, 76, cyclist 12 February: Jef Geys, 83, artist 28 February: Amand Dalem, 89, politician
March
28 March: Eugène Van Roosbroeck, 89, racing cyclist 31 March: Frank Aendenboom, 76, stage, movie and television actor
April 5 April: Raymonda Vergauwen, 90, Dutch breaststroke swimmer 8 April: Michael Goolaerts, 23, cyclist 17 April: Gérard Desanghere, 70, footballer
May 6 May: Eric Geboers, 55, motocross and racing driver. 7 May: Maurane, 57, pop singer and actress 14 May: William Vance, 82, comics artist (Bruno Brazil, XIII) 14 May: Jacky Buchmann, 86, politician
June 21 June: Édouard-Jean Empain, 80, industrialist.
October 3 October: Hugo Raspoet, 77, singer and guitarist (Helena, Evviva Il Papa). 5 October: Walter Capiau, 80, TV presenter. 8 October: Eliane Liekendael, 90, magistrate.
December 3 December: Albert Frère, 92, businessman.Reuters 14 December: Jean-Pierre Van Rossem, 73, economist, politician and criminal. 20 December: Raymond van Uytven, 85, academic historian
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