2007 in Belgium

none 2007 thumb|right Events from the year 2007 in Belgium Incumbents Monarch: Albert IIAlbert II king of Belgium https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albert-II-king-of-Belgium Encyclopedia Britannica 28 March 2019 en Prime Minister: Guy Verhofstadt Events May May 1: Police arrest 30 alleged animal rights extremists in raids in the United Kingdom, Belgium and the Netherlands.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6610429.stm Arrests in animal extremism raids BBC 2008-03-02 2007-05-01 May 6: A former World No. 1 ranked tennis player from Belgium, Kim Clijsters, announces her retirement effective immediately.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/6629929.stm Clijsters ends her tennis career BBC 2008-03-02 2007-05-06 May 12: Anderlecht win the First Division by becoming 5 points clear of nearest competitor Genk. June June 10: Belgium holds a general election. The Liberal Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt is expected to lose power to the Christian Democrats of Yves Leterme.http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL109422520070610 https://web.archive.org/web/20071205132706/http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL109422520070610 dead December 5, 2007 Flanders chief set to lead next Belgian government Reuters 2008-03-02 June 10, 2007 July July 5: A Belgian court sentences former Rwandan army major Bernard Ntuyahaga to twenty years in jail for the murder of 10 Belgian Army peacekeepers and an undetermined number of civilians in the Rwandan genocide. August August 13: Two Belgian tourists who went missing last week in Iran appear to have been kidnapped by a bandit who is demanding that his brother be freed from prison. August 14: Two Belgians kidnapped in Iran have been released.http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/15/2005221.htm https://archive.today/20120729022438/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/15/2005221.htm dead July 29, 2012 Kidnapped Belgians freed in Iran ABC News Australia 2008-03-02 September September 4: Australian company Zinifex and Belgian company Umicore merge their zinc smelting operations to form Nyrstar, the largest zinc smelting company.http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Nyrstar-out-to-consolidate-zinc-industry/2007/09/04/1188783203621.html Nyrstar out to consolidate zinc industry Sydney Morning Herald 2008-03-02 September 4, 2007 September 8: Justine Henin of Belgium wins the U.S. Open women's tennis singles championship defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia 6-1 6–3 in the final. September 11: Belgian police arrest two leaders of the Vlaams Belang party, Frank Vanhecke and Filip Dewinter, as well as dozens of party supporters during a banned march in Brussels against the "Islamisation of Europe".https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6989581.stm Arrests at Brussels Islam protest BBC 2008-03-02 2007-09-11 September 15: 51st Gordon Bennett Cup to be held in Brussels cancelled due to bad weather. October October 14: Jonathan Kiptoo from Kenya wins the Marathon of Brussels, in a time of 2:12.16 November November 6: 2007 Belgian government formation: Belgium sets a new national record for the longest period without a new government – 149 days have passed since the general election – as parties are still trying to bridge their opposing views on state reforms.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/06/wbelgium106.xml https://web.archive.org/web/20071109000822/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2007%2F11%2F06%2Fwbelgium106.xml dead November 9, 2007 Belgians go 149 days without a government Daily Telegraph 2008-03-02 London Bruno Waterfield November 6, 2007 November 7: In Belgium, government formation discussions have gone on for a record 150 days as Flemish and Walloon politicians clash over Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde.http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10110979 The BHV question Economist 2008-03-02 November 8, 2007 November 11: A majority of French citizens would support a union with the French-speaking Belgian region of Wallonia if Belgium were to cease to exist, according to a survey.http://www.lejdd.fr/sondages/70.html Sondage exclusif Ifop pour Le journal du Dimanche Journal du Dimanche 2008-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20071213221521/http://www.lejdd.fr/sondages/70.html 2007-12-13 dead December December 1: 2007 Belgian government formation: Formateur Yves Leterme resigns.https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=adfqr5Q2k44Y&refer=europe Belgian Coalition Talks Collapse After Leterme Quits Bloomberg 2008-03-02 December 1, 2007 December 19: Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt forms a temporary coalition government comprising five Socialist and Christian Democrat parties from both main language communities.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7151570.stm Belgium gets emergency government BBC 2008-03-02 2007-12-19 December 21: Belgian authorities arrest 14 people the government calls Islamic extremists, who they say were plotting to free an al-Qaeda member from prison.https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/21/world/europe/22belgium.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Belgium Arrests 14 in Plan to Free Bomb Plotter The New York Times 2008-03-02 Stephen Castle December 21, 2007 Publications Raymond van Uytven, Geschiedenis van de dorst: Twintig eeuwen drinken in de Lage Landen (Leuven, Davidsfonds).Reviewed by Leen Alberts in Bijdragen en mededelingen betreffende de geschiedenis der Nederlanden, 124:1 (2009), pp. 86-89. Deaths March 5: Yvan Delporte, 78, editor-in-chief of Spirou magazine (1956–1968). April 27: Karel Dillen, 81, politician, founder of the Flemish Interest party. May 22: Jef Planckaert, 73, cyclist. June 14: Jacques Simonet, 43, politician and mayor of Anderlecht, heart attack. June 26: Liz Claiborne, 78, fashion designer, cancer. September 14: Benny Vansteelant, 30, world champion duathlete, bike accident. October 13: Andrée de Jongh, 90, Resistance member, organized the Comet Line POW escape network. December 23: Frank Swaelen, 77, politician, former President of the Senate and Minister of State. See also 2007 in Belgian television References 2007 Belgium Category:Years of the 21st century in Belgium Category:2000s in Belgium Belgium