Atle Staalesen

Russian Aquaculture buys its second Norwegian company, aims for big catch along Barents Sea coast

The Murmansk salmon farmer says the Norwegians will help boost its annual production of red fish to 30,000 tons by year 2025.
October 25, 2017

Preparing the ground for Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant

Construction of infrastructure in remote Arctic town of Pevek is proceeding full steam as the moving to site of first ever floating NPP is less than two years away.
October 24, 2017

Novatek orders more Arctic tankers, announces plan to build new LNG terminal

It will facilitate our export of liquified natural gas from the Arctic, says company owner and CEO Leonid Mikhelson.
October 24, 2017

Murmansk governor: I am under big pressure from law enforcement agencies

«They are doing massive enquiries, inspections and other kind of intimidations», says Marina Kovtun.
October 23, 2017

Corruption scandal rocks Murmansk politics

Governor Marina Kovtun’s former top aide is put behind bars on suspicion of serious fraud.
October 23, 2017

New foreign minister adds power to Norway’s feminist government

With the appointment of Ine Eriksen Søreide as foreign minister, all three top posts in the Norwegian cabinet are held by women.
October 20, 2017

Margot takes on the lead in Barents

We will seek to keep tensions low and promote good cooperation in the region, the Swedish Foreign Minister says as she takes over the chair of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council.
October 19, 2017

Lavrov attacks Norway, says relations on Svalbard should be better

The Russian foreign minister accuses Norway of encroaching on Russian rights on the Arctic archipelago.
October 19, 2017

Barents Observer Editor Thomas Nilsen’s case against FSB up in Moscow City Court

Eleven months after he was given an entry ban to Russia, Nilsen’s case against the security service ends up on the table of a judge in the Russian capital.
October 18, 2017

The Norwegian Arctic region that soon ceases to exist takes over Barents chair

The merger with neighbouring Troms will not affect our work with the Barents Cooperation, says head of the Finnmark County Ragnhild Vassvik.
October 18, 2017

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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