Atle Staalesen

In Severomorsk, discontent ahead of elections

Locals in the Navy city say they will boycott the upcoming elections in a sign of protest against local authorities.
September 15, 2016

Climate change could jeopardize Yamal gas development, Government fears

«We have 20 trillion cubic meters of Arctic natural gas available, lets get it developed before it is too late».
September 15, 2016

State funding for media will be cut - Finance Ministry

An increasingly cash-strapped Russian treasury can no longer afford to pay more than 80 billion ruble to state media.
September 15, 2016

Election violations on the map

Independent election watchdog Golos continues to update its Map of Violations ahead of the September 18th State Duma elections. Arkhangelsk is among the regions with the biggest number of registered offenses.
September 14, 2016

In Finnish Lapland, future health care comes with a self-service kiosk

Feeling unwell? If you live in northern Finland you might soon have to visit the local health kiosk.
September 14, 2016

A visit to Sabetta

I want to express genuine gratitude to the ones who initiated this great deed - to build Sabetta, the Patriarch said as he paid a visit to the grand new Arctic sea port.
September 14, 2016

Statoil mulls €6.5 billion investment in Arctic field

We have found new solutions that allow us to realise the project, the Norwegian company says about its Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea.
September 13, 2016

Not only Russian scrap metal in the Arctic

The USA have more than 10,000 fuel barrels left rusting at its abandoned Ikateq airfield in Greenland.
September 13, 2016

Murmansk opens biggest highway north of Arctic Circle

It has the capacity to handle 20,000 cars per day, Governor Marina Kovtun says.
September 12, 2016

King Harald talks Arctic with Sauli Niinistö

The two countries’s northern regions were high on on the agenda as the Norwegian royal couple this week visited Finland.
September 09, 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
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