Thomas Nilsen

New diplomatic smiles for Arctic cooperation

Norway’s Foreign Minister Børge Brende meets with Sergey Lavrov in Russia’s northern city of Arkhangelsk.
March 28, 2017

Arctic coast guard forces team up for shipping emergencies

The eight Arctic nations take responsibility as a whole new ocean for shipping opens up when the ice melts away.
March 28, 2017

Railway, port on agenda for China’s Vice Premier in Arkhangelsk

A 70-people big delegation led by Vice Premier Wang Yang is ready to talk big investments when coming for the Arctic Forum this week.
March 27, 2017

Norwegian eyes access to the Siberian Corridor as political contacts resume

Soviet era air traffic agreement forces Norwegian Air Shuttle to fly south of Russian airspace on routes to Asia.
March 27, 2017

Tromsø railway study coming up, Government says

Norway’s railway network can be extended from Fauske to Tromsø.
March 24, 2017

Another tiny measurement of radioactive iodine at Svanhovd

Norwegian Radiation Protection Authorities (NRPA) without any suspected source.
March 23, 2017

Arctic sea ice at all time winter low

Three winters in a row with record little extent growth. What will happen now as the melting starts?
March 23, 2017

Foreign cruise vessels line up for voyages to Franz Josef Land

It‘s a paradox, but global warming opens more Arctic waters for vessels with tourists who want to see the sea ice before it vanish. Russia's Franz Josef Land sails up as the new highlight destination.
March 22, 2017

Russian navy upgrades multi-purpose submarines

Akula-class and Oscar-II class nuclear powered submarines get lifetime expanded with at least a decade.
March 20, 2017

Finnish fuel billionaire invests in Arctic wind parks

The two wind parks to be built in Finnmark, Norway are located some few tens of kilometers from the border to Finland.
March 20, 2017

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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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