2023 in Belgium

Events in the year 2023 in Belgium.

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Other events of 2023
List of years in Belgium

Incumbents

Monarch: Philippe[1]
Prime Minister: Alexander De Croo[2]

Events

10 March – Belgium banned TikTok from all federal government work devices over cybersecurity, privacy, and misinformation concerns.[3]
5 May – Belgian authorities arrest an Iraqi Al-Qaeda member and charge him with murder, terrorism, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, for his role in the deaths of at least 376 people and the wounding of over 2,300 others more than a decade ago in Iraq.[4]
9 May — Flemish Canon published.
13 May – Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023[5]
3 September — Luc Terlinden consecrated as Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels.[6]
4 September — Belgian state makes unprecedented retail bond issue for €22 billion.[7]
16 October — 2023 Brussels terrorist attack: Two Swedish nationals are killed during a shooting near the central railway station in Brussels, Belgium. The perpetrator escaped from the scene.[8]
17 October — Police in Brussels, Belgium, fatally shoot Tunisian Abdesalem Lassoued, 45, an Islamic State sympathizer in a cafe, who shot two Swedish tourists the previous day.[9]

Sports

4 February – 19 March: 2023 Rugby Europe Championship
11 – 15 July 2023: 2023 European Amateur Team Championship[10]

Deaths

3 January – Jean-Marie André, 78, scientist
5 January – Pierre Joassin, 74, film director and screenwriter (Maigret, Josephine, Guardian Angel)[11]
25 August – Tijl De Decker, 22, cyclist[12]

References

"Philippe, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
"Alexander De Croo named prime minister of new federal government". The Bulletin. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
"Belgium bans TikTok from government phones after US, EU". Associated Press. 10 March 2023.
"Belgium arrests Iraqi suspected of terror attack involvement". AP NEWS. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
"Preselectie 'Eurosong' keert terug om in 2023 Belgische inzending te kiezen". Songfestival.be (in Dutch). 20 August 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
Bosco d'Otreppe (3 September 2023). "Ordonné archevêque, Luc Terlinden donne le ton de son épiscopat". La Libre.
Lyubov Pronina (4 September 2023). "Belgium Sells Record €22 Billion of Bonds to Retail Investors". Bloomberg News.
Blenkinsop, Philip (2023-10-16). "Two Swedes shot dead in Brussels, Belgium raises terror alert to top level". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
"Brussels shooting: Police shoot dead attacker who killed Swedes". BBC News. 2023-10-17. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
"Royal Waterloo Golf Club - Home". www.rwgc.be. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
Uytterhaeghe, Marc. "Décès du réalisateur belge Pierre Joassin". lavenir.net (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-05.
"Belgian cyclist Tijl De Decker, 22, dies after training crash". The Independent. 2023-08-25. Retrieved 2023-08-25.

2023 in Europe
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States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey

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