On 26 May 2018 Lou Van Cleynenbreugel, conductor of the Arenberg Choir, received the silver Arenberg medal for merit from the hands of Duke Leopold of Arenberg in Heverlee.
Mr. André Vanrie, National Archives of the Kingdom of Belgium, receives the Arenberg medal award (silver) from H.S.H Prince d’Arenberg for a remarkable inventory of maps and plans of the Archives of the Arenberg palace, Brussels.