Events in the year 2012 in Belgium.
Incumbents Monarch: Albert II Prime Minister: Elio Di Rupo
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.
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. 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. 7 October – Joseph Mutai wins the Brussels Marathon in 2:16.41. 25–27 August – Ellen van Dijk wins 2012 Lotto-Decca Tour
Deaths 22 January - Rita Gorr (born 1926), operatic mezzo-soprano 5 May – Jacques Stiennon (born 1920), historian 12 May - Eddy Paape (born 1920), comics artist 15 May - Dominique Rolin (born 1913), novelist 24 May - Jacqueline Harpman (born 1929), Francophone writer and psychoanalyst 5 July - Rob Goris (born 1982), professional road racing cyclist 5 August - Michel Daerden (born 1949), politician and finance auditor 16 August - Martine Franck (born 1938), documentary and portrait photographer 19 August - Maïté Nahyr (born 1947), actress 21 August - Guy Spitaels (born 1931), politician 1 September - Françoise Collin (born 1928), novelist, philosopher and feminist 21 September - Henry Bauchau (born 1913), political activist and psychoanalyst 6 October - Raoul De Keyser (born 1930), painter 7 October - Ivo Michiels (born 1923), writer 10 October - Jos Huysmans (born 1941), professional road bicycle racer 12 October - Jean-Pierre Hautier (born 1955), television presenter and broadcaster 23 October - Jozef Mannaerts (born 1923), footballer 6 November - Charles Delporte (born 1928), painter and sculptor 11 November - Victor Mees (born 1927), footballer 17 November - Armand Desmet (born 1931), professional road bicycle racer 7 December - Denis Houf (born 1932), footballer 19 December - Georges Jobé (born 1961), professional motocross racer 24 December – Xavier Mabille (born 1933), historian and political scientist
See also 2012 in Belgian television
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