Atle Staalesen

Novatek's new Arctic license areas are located in a protected nature reserve

The natural gas company was awarded the controversial licenses after it sent a letter to the Kremlin.
September 09, 2021

The soldiers have a high level of professionalism, says Crown Prince as he visits border to Russia

Heir to the Norwegian throne Crown Prince Haakon gets acquainted with the forces that guard Norway's border to Russia.
September 08, 2021

Russian minister of emergency situations dies during Arctic exercise

Yevgeny Zinichev lost his life when leading the biggest rescue and emergency exercise ever held in the Russian far north.
September 08, 2021

As big military drills Zapad-21 kick off, Russian civil defence prepares for an Arctic emergency

About 6,000 personnel are engaged in one of Russia's biggest ever rescue and emergency exercises in the Arctic.
September 07, 2021

Moscow mulls subsidies for shippers sailing Northern Sea Route

Shipments on the Arctic route should be cheaper than by railway and the Suez Canal, Russia's minister on the Arctic says.
September 03, 2021

Barents Observer fights Russian censorship, opens Telegram channel

September 03, 2021

Arctic oil on the table as Indian Minister pays visit to Russia

The huge Vostok Oil project was key issue of discussion when Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural gas Shri Hardeep S Puri sat down for talks with Rosneft's Igor Sechin.
September 03, 2021

Barents Observer takes case against Russian censorship to European Court of Human Rights

With support from ADC Memorial, the Norwegian newspaper brings its press freedom appeal against Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor to Strasbourg.
September 02, 2021

Second year in row, big numbers of wild reindeer calves are found dead along banks of great river Khatanga

Poaching and climate change might be the reasons why more than 1,200 migrating animals did not make it across the wide Arctic waterway.
September 02, 2021

Big dig along Yenisey Bay paves way for new major coal terminal

A major infrastructure project is unfolding on the remote coast of the Kara Sea.
August 30, 2021

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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