Chris Buijink
chrisbuijink.bsky.social
Chris Buijink
@chrisbuijink.bsky.social
Formerly Secretary-General Ministry of Economic Affairs NL; formerly Chair Dutch Banking Association; Chair Supervisory Board PwC Netherlands
Unbelievable ….:
Q: What's your reaction to the Kennedy Center being renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center?

TRUMP: I was honored by it. The board is most distinguished people in the country. I was surprised by it. I was honored by it. We saved the building.
December 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Just read #RedWater by Jurica Pavičić. Simply a great thriller. A tale of a family and a village in #Dalmatia and #Croatia’s transition in the years 1989-2017 #mustread @bitterlemonpress.bsky.social:
December 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
December 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The shocking disdain; a #clearandpresentdanger for the UK 🇬🇧:
Says somebody with zero experience of the Civil Service along with the rest of his MPs and Ltd Co.
December 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Mooie analyse in @nrc.nl van onvolprezen @tomjanmeeus.bsky.social:
December 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
.#Donbas #StandwithUkraine 🇺🇦
De Donbas toonde zich opnieuw een groots schouwspel, dit weekend.
December 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
.#Odesa #StandwithUkraine 🇺🇦
Russia destroyed 100% of Odesa’s energy infrastructure. All substations were destroyed by missiles and drones.

The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
December 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
December 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Op de late avond een piepklein lichtpuntje van de andere kant van de plas.
BREAKING: Indiana Republicans FAILED to pass a new 9-0 congressional gerrymander after enough GOP senators sided with Dems. The GOP's 7-2 map stays in place.

Trump is trying to re-gerrymander maps nationwide. At least 11 Indiana Rs got death threats after he called for primaries—but it still failed
December 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
🇬🇧…..🇪🇺
Heavens they are completely tone death.
And a huge disappointment.
They know they have to do this but are dying ‘defending the manifesto‘
They cannot wait for a second term at this state Labour are not going to get another chance and then sadly neither will the country.
Britain’s top Europe minister Nick Thomas-Symonds today defended a decision to keep the U.K. out of the EU's customs union, saying that Tuesday's non-binding British parliamentary vote on rejoining risked reviving bitter arguments about Brexit.
December 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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De eerste sneeuw in #Kharkiv. Je staat op met een glimlach, en zou even vergeten dat de oorlog bestaat.
December 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Licht is er vaak niet, maar áls er licht is. “Een middelvinger naar Poetin”, noemde laatst iemand deze overdaad aan kerstverlichting. #Kharkiv
December 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
.#Rustaveli #Tbilisi #GeorgiaProtests 🇬🇪🇪🇺:
A large rally today in Tbilisi, demanding an international investigation into the chemical agents used by Georgian Dream during the 2024 crackdowns.

Day 374 of uninterrupted protests in 8+ cities across Georgia.
#GeorgiaProtests #theCamiteCase
December 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
.#Fastiv #Kyiv last night #StandwithUkraine 🇺🇦
December 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Goed begin
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Laatste keer in #Noordwijk overleg #ESTEC/gemeente/provincie/ministeries voorgezeten. 11 jaar mogen doen. Blij dat minister Karremans @ministerieez.bsky.social vorige week NL bijdrage aan @esa.int budget op goed niveau heeft kunnen houden. Belangrijk! Ook nog even langs bij Micky, de ESTEC kat 😺🛰️.
December 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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“Georgië zijn we kwijt”.

Tegelijkertijd moeten we de Georgiërs niet in de steek laten, juist nu.

De Georgische regering is er voor nu in geslaagd om de open deur van de EU zelf dicht te gooien. Maar de bevolking heeft de hoop ten goede nog niet opgegeven.
nos.nl/artikel/2592...
'Georgië zijn we kwijt' klinkt het in de EU, maar Georgiërs houden hoop
Al een jaar lang demonstreren Georgiërs uit onvrede over de opschorting van de toetredingsgesprekken. EU-lidmaatschap lijkt echter verder weg dan ooit.
nos.nl
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Edward Hopper - Gas, 1940
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In @groene.nl mooie reportage van @ivdl.bsky.social & Nicole Segers uit #Georgië over de aanhoudende protesten tegen het huidige regime met interviews o.a. in #Tbilisi & #Batumi “EU,UK, USA: we can’t manage without you” 🇬🇪🇪🇺:
November 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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De rectificatie in de NRC mbt de affaire-Wijers is qua opmaak wel heel bescheiden. In elk geval niet te vergelijken met de vormgeving waarin de beoogd informateur op de voorpagina werd beticht van 'leugenaar'.
November 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
November 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
@florisakkerman.bsky.social in #Ternopil: indrukwekkende reportage in @nrc.nl #StandwithUkraine 🇺🇦:
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Listen, Trump. Your continued threats will not intimidate me or keep me from doing my job, which includes oversight of the executive branch.

Stop the threats of execution, hanging, and sending a mob before someone gets hurt.

America deserves better.
New threats from Trump:

The president just endorsed a post reading, "Go get all those traitorous sons of bitches for sedition at the very least. Those pompous traitorous communists should be impeached and prosecuted."
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM