Atle Staalesen

Construction of 41 new wind generators starts in Lehtirova

The park located in northern Swedish region of Norrbotten will produce about 500 GWh per year.
September 30, 2016

Oslo stops Russian advance on Norwegian shelf - Gazprom

We hope this will not become a political issue, a leading representative of the company says.
September 29, 2016

Ships shuttle to Pevek with materials for floating nuclear power project

Local infrastructure in the remote Arctic outpost must be ready for the world's first floating NPP by late 2017.
September 29, 2016

Norilsk Nickel expands mining along border to Norway

Two new mines to be opened over next three years in Pechenga, the company’s hotbed in the Kola Peninsula.
September 29, 2016

Murmansk prepares for boost in nickel shipments

New terminal facilities will open the way for a doubling of Norilsk Nickel’s deliveries of nickel from Arctic Siberia to the Kola Peninsula.
September 27, 2016

From Severomorsk to Syria

Aircraft carrier «Admiral Kuznetsov» is heading to the east Mediterranean for a three-month mission.
September 22, 2016

Kolguyev oil changes hands

Urals Energy gets full control over the oil field on the Russian Arctic island.
September 22, 2016

Victory for liberal Karelia

Nowhere else in the country did the liberal opposition get as many votes as in the Republic of Karelia.
September 21, 2016

Pumps starting at Russia’s northernmost oil field

«Thousands of specialists, advanced technology and large-scale investments has made this possible», President Vladimir Putin says as he officially launches production at East Messoyakha, the northernmost field on the Russian mainland.
September 21, 2016

Overwhelming control over the Murmansk regional parliament

The United Russia gets 25 of the 32 seats in the Murmansk regional Duma.
September 20, 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