Atle Staalesen

Finnish mine gets Swedish owner

Metals company Boliden buys the Kevitsa nickel-copper-platinum mine in Finnish Lapland from First Quantum for $712 million.
March 11, 2016

Russian migration boss about deal with Finland

«We held several meetings with our Finnish colleagues, and that helped us remove the tension which had erupted on our common border», head of the Russian Migration Service says.
March 10, 2016

Government outlines Arctic priority zones

Russian Arctic development will be concentrated around a few special support zones, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin says.
March 10, 2016

Rogozin: Aircraft carrier will be ready for «long-distance mission»

During his visit to Murmansk, the deputy premier pays visit to the «Admiral Kuznetsov». In summer, the ship could be sent to Syria.
March 10, 2016

Sacked Pechenga newspaper editor wins in court

Irina Iskorneva sued local authorities for unreasonable dismissal. And wins the case.
March 09, 2016

Murmansk university loses accreditation

The standard of teaching is unsatisfactory, federal education control authorities say.
March 09, 2016

Northern Lights disturb Arctic oil drillers

The precision of drilling instruments can be seriously affected by the Arctic light phenomenon, new research from the University of Tromsø reveals.
March 09, 2016

Environmentalists sue Eni in Arctic project

«It is fully out of control», head of Bellona Foundation Frederic Hauge says about the Goliat oil project in the Barents Sea.
March 08, 2016

In midst of a Karelian forest, a lighthouse of free press

The remote village of Kalevala houses a bold team of journalists who refuses to compromise on principles of press freedom and give in to pressure from authorities.
March 08, 2016

Ice-breaking tanker for new oil field

The «Shturman Albanov» will autonomously be able to shuttle through the deep ice of the Ob Bay to Gazprom-Neft’s Novy Port field.
March 07, 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