Thomas Nilsen

Russia observers at Norwegian war game in Finnmark

Transparent and open dialogue when the Russian military team of inspectors followed Joint Viking 2017.
March 17, 2017

Arkhangelsk demolish dilapidated houses ahead of Putin’s arrival

No time to erect a Potemkin village on Lomonosov Prospekt before the president’s motorcade drives by.
March 16, 2017

European Parliament calls for ban on oil drilling in icy waters

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on Thursday voted in favor of a suggestion to put a ban on oil drilling in icy waters of the EU and the EEA.
March 16, 2017

Arctic talks for Nordic presidents in Arkhangelsk

Putin to meet Guðni Th. Jóhannesson and Sauli Niinistö.
March 16, 2017

Nornickel earnings fall in 2016

Revenue downfall 3 percent, but net profit rose 47 percent to staggering $2,5 billion.
March 16, 2017

Biggest air-polluter in Barents Region awarded for environmental responsibility

Natural Resource Minister Sergei Donskoi praises Norilsk-Nickel for its environmental efforts.
March 15, 2017

Putin to visit Arctic clean-up site

Barrels and garbage are removed and the site is ready for inspection by the Russian President.
March 15, 2017

MEP says Norway’s Arctic oil decision is extremely disappointing

Heidi Hautala fears Norway by the move justifies Arctic offshore drilling for Russia and the US.
March 15, 2017

Norway makes big money on sanctioned Russian bank

Value of the Norwegian Oil Fund’s investment in Sberbank has doubled over the last year.
March 14, 2017

Nuclear subs played cat-and-mouse game in Barents Sea

While Norwegian, British and American soldiers are exercising in Finnmark, Russia has demonstrated underwater stealth technology in a submarine-to-submarine kill exercise.
March 11, 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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