Atle Staalesen

On Svalbard, a future without coal

The new government white paper on the Arctic archipelago highlights new alternative industries.
May 11, 2016

Government money for border town recovery

But the sum is too low considering the important geopolitical position of Kirkenes, town mayor Rune Rafaelsen says.
May 11, 2016

With new tanker comes more oil to Murmansk

The second ice-protected tanker built for the Novy Port project will soon shuttle between Yamal and the Kola Bay.
May 11, 2016

«Arctic drilling is against the law»

Norway can not proceed with its plans for Arctic oil and gas development, a new report concludes.
May 10, 2016

Cost cuts in Kharyaga

The operators of the Arctic oil field come under mounting pressure from regional and federal authorities.
May 06, 2016

Unemployment on the raise

Jobless rates in Murmansk grow to the highest level in more than a decade.
May 05, 2016

Nobody wants this Arctic oil port

Vitino was once one of the biggest port terminals in the Russian Arctic. Now, the company is soon bankrupt and abandoned.
May 05, 2016

On Arctic island, a reindeer tragedy

In less than three years, the number of animals on the island of Kolguyev dropped from more than 12,000 to only 153.
May 04, 2016

Helsinki eyes Arctic wire to Asia

The Finnish government hires former Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen to assess the possible laying of an optical fiber cable across the Arctic.
May 03, 2016

Coal miners look to Taymyr

Several shiploads of mining equipment are sent from Murmansk to the Arctic outpost of Dikson.
May 03, 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