Atle Staalesen

Green revolution on border to Russia

Ørjan Jensen and the Green Party takes over local power in Vardø, the Norwegian Arctic town located just few kilometers from Russia.
September 18, 2019

State oil company pushes for government support to Arctic giga-project

Rosneft leader Igor Sechin says he needs €36 billion in tax cuts for his projected oil pipeline to the Arctic Ocean. But Russia’s minister of finance says «njet».
September 18, 2019

Norway, Poland show off Naval Strike Missile in northern waters

Together with Polish forces, the Norwegian Navy is testing its main anti-ship weapon in a fjord near Tromsø, Northern Norway
September 17, 2019

New major radar to be built at Russia’s northernmost point

The installation at Cape Chelyuskin is reported to cost 1.2 billion rubles
September 17, 2019

World’s most efficient wind power plant doubles capacity

The Raggovidda wind park in Berlevåg, Arctic Norway, teams up with Luxembourgian investors and boosts green generation. Some of it will be used to produce hydrogen.
September 16, 2019

As Russia launches war games Tsentr-2019, Arctic troops advance on Bolshevik Island

Troops from the Northern Fleet boast Russia’s reenforced presence in the High Arctic as they stage major military drills on the remote archipelago of Severnaya Zemlya.
September 16, 2019

Navy commandos board cargo vessel on Northern Sea Route

Russia’s Northern Fleet takes action against ship suspected of violating sailing regulations in the remote Arctic waters.
September 13, 2019

Murmansk appoints top diplomat as new senator

Konstantin Dolgov will help us follow up our international Arctic policy, regional Governor Andrey Chibis says.
September 12, 2019

Massive police crackdown on Navalny’s regional offices

Masked policemen on Thursday morning broke into party offices and searched through private apartments of local representatives.
September 12, 2019

Russian military plants flag on its northernmost point

The flag and flagpole erected on Cape Fligeli symbolizes our urge towards peaceful exploration and development of the Arctic, the country’s Northern Fleet says.
September 11, 2019

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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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