Atle Staalesen

In troubled market, Italians build wind farm in Murmansk

Company Enel admits the market situation is «difficult», but still proceeds with the development of a major wind farm in the Kola Peninsula.
November 13, 2018

Biggest Arctic terminal tanker ready for many million tons of oil

The 309 thousand ton big tanker «Kola» has been firmly anchored to the bottom of the Kola Bay as big volumes of oil are on the way from Lukoil’s Arctic fields.
November 09, 2018

Nuclear-powered container ship finds future in fish

The “Sevmorput” might start shuttling frozen fish along the Northern Sea Route.
November 08, 2018

Putin appoints new strongman for Northwest Russia

Aleksandr Gutsan, who has worked closely with the FSB for decades, is new leader of the Northwest Federal District.
November 07, 2018

This is the new leader of Russia’s Arctic capital

After 22 years in the local legislative assembly, Tamara Pryamikova is appointed new City Mayor of Murmansk.
November 06, 2018

Russia slackens ice-class demands for Arctic shipping

With thinner Arctic ice comes softer regulations for vessels operating on the Northern Sea Route.
November 06, 2018

Our youth is exposed to destructive forces, says Arkhangelsk governor after terrorist attack by 17 year old student

The young man who blew himself up inside the local FSB-building was a student at a local technical institute.
November 02, 2018

Iron miners again look towards this pit on Barents Sea coast

With American investors on board the mines near Kirkenes look set for a reopening.
November 01, 2018

Heightened security in Arkhangelsk after blast in FSB headquarters

One teenage bomber died and three were injured when an explosion rocked the premises of the regional security police.
October 31, 2018

Russia’s new LNG-powered tanker sails across Northern Sea Route

Shipping company Sovcomflot tests its brand new fuel-friendly oil tanker in tough Arctic waters.
October 30, 2018

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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