2011 in Belgium
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Events in the year 2011 in Belgium.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch: Albert II[1]
- Prime Minister: Yves Leterme (until 6 December), Elio Di Rupo (starting 6 December)
Events
[edit]- January 18 - Quiz channels are removed from Flemish television after an exposé by TV programme Basta.
- February 2 - Didier Reynders appointed lead negotiator in ongoing attempts to form a governing coalition[2]
- February 26 - Flemish sitcom F.C. De Kampioenen stops after 21 seasons.
- April 5 - 101 Air Unit, a documentary mini-series is first broadcast.[3]
- May 17 - KRC Genk win the Belgian Pro League after a home draw against Standard Liège.
- June 1 - Belgium breaks the world record for length of time taken to form a government.
- July 4 – Jagers te Paard Battalion formed.
- August 18 - The 26th edition of music festival Pukkelpop is canceled after heavy weather leaves 5 people dead and 140 wounded.
- August 28 - Sebastian Vettel wins the Belgian Grand Prix.
- September 16 - Finals of the 2011 IAAF Diamond League held in Memorial Van Damme stadium, Brussels
- October 2 - Paul Kiprop of Kenya wins the Brussels Marathon in 2:14.51.
- October 4 - Together with France and Luxembourg, Belgium saves bank and insurance company Dexia
- December 6 - The leader of the Socialist Party, Elio Di Rupo, becomes Prime Minister of the newly formed Di Rupo I Government.
- December 12 - A Pakistani family is convicted and sentenced in the honor killing of Sadia Sheikh. The case has been called Belgium's first honor killing trial.
- December 13 - 2011 Liège attack: Nordine Amrani kills 5 people and injures 125 others in a shooting and grenade attack in Liège before killing himself.
Deaths
[edit]- November 13 - Bobsam Elejiko (30), Nigerian footballer[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Albert II | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ "New royal mediator picked for deadlocked Belgium". BBC News. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ "101 Unité Aérienne, la nouvelle série belge de la RTBF (vidéo)". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ "Nigerian player Bobsam Elejiko dies in Belgium". BBC News. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
