Boštjan Videmšek

Journalist, ultra-marathoner, Ambassador of the European Climate Pact, and author of Plan B.

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Boštjan Videmšek (b.1975) has reported from major wars over the last 25 years. His articles were published in international magazines, including New York Times, GEO, Der Spiegel, Le Figaro, Sydney Morning Herald, Aftenposten, El Periodico, Terra Mater, and others. He’s the author of six books, including Dispatches from the Frontlines of Humanity and Plan B: How Not to Lose Hope in the Times of Climate Crisis (that won Book of the Year in Slovenia). In recent years, his focus has shifted to climate change. He is the recipient of numerous national and international awards and one of the European Young Leaders. He is also the author of theatre plays and an Ambassador of the EU Climate Pact. 

Elephant Poaching Continues in Kenya

African elephants are back on the list of endangered species – the pandemic’s opened doors for poaching again. Bostjan Videmsek…

Douzinas: On the Crisis and Resistance

Excerpts from an interview by Slovenian journalist, Boštjan Videmšek, about the European crisis and popular resistance, with Greek philosopher, Costas…

Greece: At Austerity’s End?

The glory of Greek philosophy and poetry is as distant a dream as Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad, but the elections…

Secession of South Sudan

The United States supports the independence of South Sudan and China controls its oil industry, but the most explosive issue…

Libya: Bye-Bye Brother Leader

Bombed a convoy of vehicles containing Qaddafi loyalists fleeing the imminent fall of the city. A few loyalists managed to…

Afghanistan: Kalashnikov Society

After a decade, nowhere in the world has the western model for exporting democracy failed more spectacularly than in Afghanistan….