Atle Staalesen

Arctic developments are too slow, says Dmitry Rogozin

The Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the State Arctic Commission criticizes fellow cabinet ministers for lack of action.
December 14, 2016

Gazprom, OMV reach agreement over Norwegian assets

Resources in the Barents Sea are part of the deal.
December 14, 2016

These are Rex Tillerson’s assets in Arctic Russia

Stakes in licenses covering more than 700,000 square kilometers of Arctic waters, multi-billion dollar investments and a comprehensive cooperation agreement with state company Rosneft.
December 13, 2016

Oil-hungry Norway expands Arctic exploration

Another 53 Barents Sea blocks are proposed as new drilling acreage. Environmentalists cry halt
December 13, 2016

In Yamal, a looming dispute between Novatek and Gazprom

Novatek-owner Leonid Mikhelson is asking President Putin for permission to acquire four licenses owned by Gazprom.
December 12, 2016

Murmansk gas field will not be developed, government decides

Regional authorities long wanted the Murmanskoye field in the Barents Sea to supply natural gas to households and industry in the Kola Peninsula. That will not happen.
December 12, 2016

Lofoten sees better future without oil

All the municipalities in the region go against disputed drilling in nearby waters. But the fight is not over, the oil industry says.
December 10, 2016

Sipilä, Medvedev discuss trans-Arctic cable

«This is very interesting», the Russian Prime Minister says after talks with Finland’s Juha Sipilä.
December 09, 2016

Power shift comes to Sami Parliament

Vibeke Larsen is the new strongwoman in the legislative assembly as a coalition headed by the Labor Party topples the government of the Norwegian Sami Association.
December 09, 2016

Chinese investors move ahead in Finnish Lapland, will build €1 billion biofuel refinery

The Kaidi Group has acquired a 32 hectare plot in Kemi for the project.
December 08, 2016

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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