Atle Staalesen

Northern Fleet gets new support and exploration vessel

The «Vsevolod Vorobyov» will aid bigger Navy vessels and take part in exploration of the Arctic shelf.
July 09, 2017

Police confiscated Navalny’s campaign materials in Murmansk

The newspapers and brochures never made it to the street of the Arctic city, as local police says it contains signs of extremism.
July 09, 2017

Murmansk salmon farmers buy Norwegian smolt company

Business tycoon Maksim Vorobyov and his Russian Aquaculture acquires Villa Smolt AS, a Norwegian company with license to produce an annual 5 million young salmon and trout fish.
July 07, 2017

Murmansk environmentalists refused to accept status as «foreign agent» - are fined 150 thousand rubles

The Kola Eco Centre fights for survival, pleads for help to pay the bill.
July 06, 2017

Murmansk court starts proceedings against Norwegian trawler company

The company which is accused of illegal shrimp fishing in Russian waters could bankrupt if it loses the case against the Russian Coast Guard.
July 06, 2017

Russia makes new big cuts in Arctic spending

The country’s Ministry of Economic Development wanted 209 billion rubles (€3.1 billion) for the new national Arctic Program. It might get only 12 billion (€177 million).
July 05, 2017

Finland commissions study on new Arctic railway

It will look at possible economic benefits and be made in cooperation with Norwegian transport authorities, says Finnish Transport and Communications Minister Anne Berner.
July 04, 2017

Statoil finds more Arctic oil

The Kayak well in the Barents Sea is believed to hold up to 50 million barrels. The discovery can possibly be connected to the development of the nearby Johan Castberg field.
July 03, 2017

Methane explodes under Yamal tundra, creates another sinkhole

Locals say they saw flames and smoke as a major bubble of methane blasted below the surface and created another sinkhole in the Russian Arctic peninsula.
July 03, 2017

NATO trains anti-submarine warfare in northern waters

In a show of strength, 11 vessels from 10 allied countries unfold a large-scale exercise in the North Atlantic.

June 30, 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
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