Atle Staalesen

Finnish tech company joins development of Russian Arctic mine in militarized archipelago

Mining technology company Outotec will take part in the development of the Pavlovsky zinc and lead mine in Novaya Zemlya.
June 10, 2019

Kirkenes port developers put their faith in the Chinese

We welcome the projected development of a seaport on the Barents coast and a railway connection to Finland, a top leader of a Chinese shipping company says.
June 07, 2019

Trans-Arctic shipments on agenda as Chinese companies come to St. Petersburg Economic Forum

Natural gas producer Novatek sign deal with COSCO on shipping on the Northern Sea Route.
June 07, 2019

Russian Arctic shipping boost with support from Dubai

The developers of the Northern Sea Route team up with DP World, the global port operator based in the Arab gulf state. Container shipping is among the priorities.
June 06, 2019

Moscow’s new energy doctrine warns against green shift

International efforts against climate change are alright, but only as long as they do not encroach on the country’s oil and gas interests.
June 04, 2019

«One of the biggest protest rallies in this city’s history»

An estimated 5,300 people gathered in the streets of Syktyvkar in a protest against Moscow’s building of a major landfill in nearby Shies.
June 03, 2019

New strongman in Murmansk comes from Norway

Petter Østbø is new CEO of Eurochem Group, the company that owns major mining resources in the Kola Peninsula and controls a big share of the Murmansk seaport.
June 03, 2019

FSB makes arrests on border to Norway

Russian border guards have detained two individuals that allegedly tried to make it illegally across the border to Norway.
May 30, 2019

A powerful Russian flotilla is on its way to the Barents Sea

More than 15 surface vessels, several submarines and support ships, as well as aircraft and helicopters, take part in the Northern Fleet exercise now in the making along the coast of the Kola Peninsula.
May 30, 2019

Thousands of youth march against oil, but Norway’s government issues new Arctic drilling licenses

Environmentalists say government neglects not only the young protesters, but also professional advice of leading experts.
May 29, 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
@atlestaalesen