Marc De Vos

🎉Very happy to announce my new book 'Superpower Europe' is out. A story of hope and ambition, on the growing pains of the European Union, in a world dominated by hard power and geopolitics.🙏@politybooks @ItineraTwit politybooks.com/bookdetail?boo…

@EuroclearGroup werkt mee aan de internationalisering van de Renminbi...na het avontuur met Russische reserves...in steun voor de Peking-agenda voor meer Chinese autonomie tav de VS/dollar. Commerciële logica vs. geopolitieke realiteit? ft.com/content/d2d0b5…

Ehsan Afarashteh 36 years old Master's degree graduate in civil engineering and an elite in networking and IT Originally from Isfahan and raised in Tehran. Executed in Iran by the regime on unproven spying charges The 38th execution during the 75 day Internet blackout

🚨Islamic Regime Hanged a 32-Year-Old Civil Engineer This Morning Ehsan Afarashteh was only 32. He had a Master’s in civil engineering and worked as an IT and cybersecurity specialist from Isfahan. He was living safely in Turkey, but the barbaric regime tricked his father: “Tell your son to come home, he’s safe.” His father believed them and called Ehsan. Ehsan trusted his dad and returned. Then they arrested him at the airport. Tortured him in solitary for months. Forced a fake confession. When his father heard they sentenced his son to death, his heart stopped beating and he passed away. This morning, the Islamic Regime hanged Ehsan anyway. A good young man who just wanted to come home. They destroyed his whole family and killed him in silence. We’re losing our brightest young people, one by one, every single day. While the world looks away. This is Iran under the Islamic Republic.

Zich vastklampen aan de macht, heet dat. 😆

Goed van @vincent_v_p - Onze mensen bij @ItineraTwit hebben er graag aan meegedaan. Zo kort op de bal en zonder rekeningenkader is het een eerste stap, die smaakt naar meer en grondiger voorbereiding van #begroting @demorgen demorgen.be/snelnieuws/reg…

Donald Trump reist naar Peking, voor wellicht veel pracht en praal, maar weinig inhoud. Strategische strijd blijft. Risico: minder VS-bescherming van Taiwan in ruil voor Chinese druk op Iran. @trendsbelgie @ItineraTwit trends.knack.be/opinie/trump-l…

The Islamic Republic just hanged Erfan Shakourzadeh, a brilliant 29-year-old Master's student in Aerospace Engineering, one of Iran's brightest young minds. They arrested him in 2025, threw him in a cell, tortured him for months in solitary confinement, and forced a confession out of him. Zero evidence. All fabricated. They didn’t just execute a student. They murdered another future of Iran — a talented young engineer who should have been building satellites. This barbaric Islamic regime keeps slaughtering its best and brightest while the world stays silent.

URGENT: Erfan Shakurzadeh, a university student, is hours away from execution. He was a student at Iran University of Science and Technology. He had a future. He had dreams. Now he has been transferred to Qezelhesar Prison to be hanged. Erfan is not alone in that death row. Every single day, the Islamic Republic sends young people, students, protesters, workers, to the gallows. Tomorrow, they will try to erase him, just like they erased the dozens before him.

Great conversation with the folks at @dranaissance - about Europe turning decline into renewal. Yes, we can — even in the face of China, the US, and Russia. @ItineraTwit open.spotify.com/episode/10Epfj…

9 mei: de officiële Europadag! Europa is meer dan ooit belangrijk, maar zoekt naar de geest van Europadag. Grijpt Europa zijn rendez-vous met de geschiedenis – of laat het anderen de geschiedenis tegen ons inzetten?👇@ItineraTwit @trendsbelgie trends.knack.be/opinie/de-gees…

“Don’t ignore this. I don’t want to be killed. Don’t pass by the word ‘execution’ so easily, this may be the last time you hear my voice.” And it was. No one listened. Naser was only 25-year-old. Last week, one morning, right after the call to prayer, the interrogator, called his name, walked him to the gallows, kicked the chair, and that was it. And we, the enlightened global community, did what we do best: we watched… we scrolled… and we moved on. He is the fourth Kurdish prisoner to have received a death sentence for alleged espionage for Israel in recent days.

17-year-old swimmer and boxer Shayan Hadian is on death row in Iran, sentenced by the regime for “leading protests.” A kid. An athlete. Facing execution any day. Share his name. Be his voice.

Een Europa met "twee snelheden"? Wat in Cyprus op tafel ligt, is een Europa met drie snelheden: twee binnen de EU, een derde met de EU en daarbuiten. Een mini-EU van landen tekenen dan een kern-Europa.👇@trendsbelgie @ItineraTwit trends.knack.be/opinie/europa-…

We moeten durven toegeven: Viktor Orbán en Hongarije hebben maar hun status verworven doordat Europa dat collectief heeft laten gebeuren. De ongemakkelijke waarheid is: ergens zijn we allemaal een beetje Orbán. 👇@ItineraTwit @trendsbelgie trends.knack.be/opinie/de-scha…

Ondanks alle inmenging en manipulatie, van Rusland, de VS en het Orban-apparaat, ondanks alle corruptie, mediacontrole, enz. En echte opsteker voor democratie in Europa. Geen euforie: de Orban-staat staat er nog wel.

There is no real ceasefire inside Iran. This is Mohseni Ejei, the head of the judiciary. He has ordered courts to accelerate execution sentences, especially for protesters. Hundreds of professors are on the death row, waiting to be hanged. Do not stop talking about Iran.

Wetende dat "oorlog" een "hybride" realiteit is van warm, lauw en koud, kunnen we nu al stellen: de oorlog in Iran is een wereldoorlog, met Rusland en China als grote winnaars, Europa als grote verliezer, Amerika tussenin: @trendsbelgie @ItineraTwit trends.knack.be/opinie/de-oorl…

A pleasure to discuss US-EU relations with @ditmirbushati Europe is taking significant steps towards geopolitical status. If it can stay the course, it will come out of this transformed and more united. @HarvardWCFIA @ItineraTwit youtube.com/watch?v=PONZKS…

On this day in 1957, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands signed the Treaty of Rome. They laid the foundations for today’s European Union. United in diversity, then and now 🇪🇺

'Trump always chickens out.' Wordt Iran de TACO-oorlog van Donald Trump? De minimale vredesdoelen voor de VS lijken bijna per definitie onbereikbaar, omdat ze voor Teheran existentieel gevaarlijk zijn. En dan is er Israël.👇 @trendsbelgie @ItineraTwit trends.knack.be/opinie/taco-oo…