Atle Staalesen

Offended city mayor sues newspaper

Mayor of Severomorsk, the Russian Navy city, says news agency Sever Post has defamed his reputation.
March 18, 2016

Government sells stake in Murmansk airport

The 38 percent share is acquired by company Novaport.
March 17, 2016

Nobel Peace Prize winners call for halt in Arctic drilling

Six female prize winners point a warning finger against Norway; oil exploration in the Arctic must stop.
March 17, 2016

Norway announces new Arctic oil blocks

The licensing round includes 32 blocks in the Barents Sea and 24 in the Norwegian Sea.
March 17, 2016

This is Russia’s biggest death trap

Watch carefully next time you cross a Russian street. In 2015, more than 1200 were killed in pedestrian crossings.
March 16, 2016

Less oil from Prirazlomnoye

Russia’s only offshore oil production platform in the Arctic will produce 12 percent less than originally planned, operator Gazprom Neft says.
March 16, 2016

Crisis-ridden government cuts money for icebreakers

The strained Russian economy does not allow for major investments in new icebreakers.
March 16, 2016

At Svalbard, the heat is on

Average winter temperatures in the Arctic archipelago were more than 10 degrees above normal.
March 16, 2016

Transneft says "No" to new Arctic pipeline

Russia’s oil pipeline monopoly does not want a new tube to the Arctic port of Sabetta.
March 15, 2016

Newspaper gets fine for «desecration of war memorial»

A court in the Komi Republic decides that independent newsmaker 7x7-journal violated the law when it described a WWII memorial by the slang name commonly used by locals.
March 11, 2016

Pages

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