Thomas Nilsen

US and Russian bombers on same day missions outside Norway

Both the American B-52 and the Russian Tu-160 are capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
March 30, 2019

Sweden’s PM Löfven up for Arctic talks with Putin

Sustainable development is on the agenda when Prime Minister Stefan Löfven travels to Russia’s Arctic Forum in St. Petersburg in April.
March 26, 2019

Lindblad Expeditions signs deal for second cruise ship with highest ice-class

Will accommodate 126 passengers and be able to sail in some of the most remote and pristine parts of the world.
March 25, 2019

100 consecutive months with above normal temperatures at Svalbard

«Some months have seen temperatures in the area around Longyearbyen with as much as 12-14 degrees over normal,» says climate researcher Ketil Isaksen with the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
March 25, 2019

Teens on school strike blame adults for climate screw-ups

«What do we want? Action! - When do we want it? - Now!»
March 22, 2019

The long and winding road from Lapland to Norway gets upgrade

«This is very good for tourism in Inari and Kirkenes,» says Marja Männistö, development coordinator for business in Inari municipality.
March 21, 2019

Mike Pompeo expected to attend Rovaniemi meeting

March 21, 2019

Details of China’s nuclear-powered icebreaker revealed

To be powered by two reactors, the vessel will manage to crush ice in the Arctic at a maximum speed of 11.5 knots.
March 21, 2019

Oulu paper mill plans to cut 400 jobs

Preferring internett resources, people reads less printed glossy magazines. Consequently, Stora Enso plans to convert the paper mill in Oulu into packaging board production.
March 18, 2019

Russia's most secret sub soon to be launched with this terrifying weapon

Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu this week inspected the Poseidon underwater nuclear drone project in Severodvinsk.
March 14, 2019

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Thomas Nilsen is editor of the Independent Barents Observer with its news desk located in Kirkenes, northern Norway. He has a long experience in media cooperation across the borders in the high north of Europe, both as radio- and newspaper reporter all the way back to the days before the breakup of the Soviet Union. 

Nilsen has been editor of Barents Observer since 2009.

He was Deputy Head of the Norwegian Barents Secretariat from 2004-2009. Until 2003, he worked 12 years for the Bellona Foundation’s Russian study group, focusing on nuclear safety issues and general environmental challenges in northern areas and the Arctic. 

Thomas has been traveling extensively across northern Scandinavia and Arctic Russia since the late 80’s working for different media and organizations. He is also a guide at sea and in remote locations in the Russian north for various groups and regularly lectures on security issues, environmental and socio-economic development.

Thomas Nilsen studied at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

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