Atle Staalesen

Rosneft finds oil off Russia’s East Arctic coast

Drilling in the Gulf of Khatanga by the Laptev Sea indicates significant resources, the state oil company says.
June 19, 2017

Researchers voice concern about warmer Arctic waters and effects on fish

«We have never before been in this situation», says marine researcher Mette Skern-Mauritzen
June 16, 2017

Putin: Our future lies in the Arctic

Russia’s power and opportunity grow as we expand into the Arctic, the president underlined in yesterday’s Direct Line press conference.
June 16, 2017

Construction machinery arrives to Novatek’s new plant area in Murmansk

Bulldozers and excavators are shipped from Yamal to Murmansk where the gas company is getting ready for its next mega-project.
June 15, 2017

Barents Observer editor takes FSB to court

The rejected entry to Russia of Thomas Nilsen is illegal, a group of lawyers defending the expelled newspaper editor argues.
June 15, 2017

Less cod in Barents Sea must be followed by reduced quotas, researchers say

After years with record-beating cod fishing, Russian and Norwegian fishermen might next year have to cut catch by 20%.
June 14, 2017

110 thousand tons of scrap metal will be removed from Arctic town Amderma

Clean-up personnel are up for a titanic mission as 53 thousand square meters of tundra lands are to be swept free of rusting Soviet-era barrels, abandoned machinery and oil pollution.
June 13, 2017

Hundreds of northerners rallied against government in anti-corruption protest

This time, the police kept the distance as young people in Murmansk, Karelia and Komi went to the streets to confront government policy.
June 13, 2017

Editor is booted from news agency after story about bribes in military

Georgy Chentemirov published a note about an unnamed military commissioner who had been caught in bribery. That had consequences for the young editor of Karelian news site Respublika.
June 12, 2017

Next to this Russian Arctic oil field - a wind and solar power station

Gazprom Neft starts testing of two wind power generators and 30 solar panels at its new Novy Port field.
June 12, 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