Atle Staalesen

New Prime Minister’s first Arctic decree is about oil

Mikhail Mishustin grants company Gazprom Neft big drilling acreages in the Yamal Peninsula
January 21, 2020

Putin might head to North Pole for a face-off on the ice

Arctic Ambassador and two-times world champion Vyacheslav Fetisov intends to get the President to the top of the world for a historical ice hockey match.
January 17, 2020

American forces withdraw 3,000 soldiers from allied exercise in northern Norway

U.S. troops will take part in Cold Response, the Norway-led winter drills, but with substantially fewer soldiers than originally planned.
January 16, 2020

New Delhi confirms Indian stake in Rosneft’s new Arctic oil project

The country’s energy minister makes clear that there will be Indian participation in the major Arctic oil project to be developed in Russia’s remote Taymyr Peninsula.
January 16, 2020

Nuclear icebreaker escorts up 54%

Nuclear-powered icebreakers in 2019 escorted at total of 510 vessels on the Northern Sea Route.
January 15, 2020

Harsh reactions to Norway’s new oil blocks: environmentalists say they are sick and tired of ruthless policy

Mounting criticism against Oslo from climate activists as government awards oil companies massive number of new drilling licenses.
January 14, 2020

In middle of remotest tundra comes a new airport

The runway in Utrenny will serve workers commuting to Novatek’s new Arctic natural gas project.
January 14, 2020

Big blow for Swedish oilmen: Arctic fields will not be profitable

Lundin Petroleum until recently had great hopes for its far northern Alta and Gohta discoveries.
January 13, 2020

Shelf must be opened for more drilling and private investors, say Arctic planners

The development of the Russian shelf might soon be managed by new state company Rosshelf.
January 10, 2020

Putin takes a look at new aircraft carrier

As the country’s one and only vessel of the kind lies damaged by accident and fire at port in Murmansk, the President puts his eyes on a brand new project.
January 10, 2020

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Atle is journalist and Publisher of the Independent Barents Observer.

In 2002, he founded the Barents Observer. He was editor until 2009 and later worked as journalist and project coordinator for several European cross-border cooperation projects. In late 2015, following a conflict over editorial rights, he re-established the Barents Observer as an independent and non-profit stock company along with the rest of the newspaper crew.  

Atle has a degree in Russian studies from the University of Oslo and studied journalism at the Moscow State University.

atle@thebarentsobserver.com
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