2026 in Belgium

• Monarch – Philippe
• Prime Minister – Bart De Wever

• 11 January – Customs agents seize 141 kilograms of cocaine at the Port of Antwerp.^[1][2]
• 29 January – Two people are killed in a fire at an assisted living facility in Ostend.^[3]

• 12 February – Police raid the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels as part of an investigation into the sale of 23 properties to the Belgian state valued at 900 million euros in 2024.^[4]
• 13 February – A coalition agreement is reached for the Brussels regional government after a record 20 months of negotiations since the 2024 Belgian regional elections.^[5]
• 17 February – The foreign ministry summons US ambassador Bill White over a social media post accusing Belgian authorities of antisemitism over an investigation into unregulated ritual circumcisions in Antwerp.^[6]

• 1 March – Belgian special forces, with French naval assistance, seize a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the North Sea.^[7]
• 9 March – A synagogue in Liège is damaged in a suspected antisemitic attack involving explosives,^[8] later claimed by a previously unknown group apparently aligning itself with Hezbollah.^[9]
• 17 March – A court in Brussels orders former diplomat Étienne Davignon to stand trial on charges of participation in war crimes in connection with the 1961 killing of former Congolese prime minister Patrice Lumumba. Davignon is the only surviving individual among those accused by Lumumba’s family of involvement in the case.^[10]

• 26 April – 2026 Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race won by Tadej Pogačar.^[11]

• 14–30 August – 2026 Mens and Women's FIH Hockey World Cup in Wavre, Belgium and Amstelveen, Netherlands.^[12][13]

• 4 January –
  • Daniel Pelletti (born 1948), painter^[14]
  • Kamiel Dierckx (born 1942), basketball player (Belgian Lions).^[15]
• 8 January – Wim Van Belleghem (born 1963), rower^[16]
• 15 January – Marceau Mairesse, 80, politician, senator (1991–1995) and MP (1995–2003)^[17]
• 17 January – Dino Attanasio, 100, comics writer and illustrator^[18]
• February – François Beukelaers, 88, actor (Brussels by Night, The Over-the-Hill Band, Stormforce)^[19]
• 17 February – José van Dam, 86, operatic bass-baritone^[20]

Source:^[21][22]

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 6 April – Easter Monday
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 14 May – Ascension Day
• 25 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