Thomas Nilsen

This is Norway’s new man in Murmansk

Erik Svedahl is appointed Consul General to Murmansk.
February 20, 2017

FlyViking plans to link Murmansk with four airports in Norway

Tromsø-based start-up airline FlyViking presents wide range of possible routes.
February 19, 2017

Radioactive Iodine over Europe first measured in Finnmark

Finland and France went public with information, but Norwegian authorities argue the measurements had no news value.
February 19, 2017

Brende travels to Arkhangelsk to assure Arctic relations with Russia

First visit to Russia by the Norwegian Foreign Minister in three years.
February 17, 2017

Russia’s Oslo Embassy: Norway’s selective approach for cooperation is not tenable

«Ignoring our interests will inevitable affect all areas of cooperation,» the Embassy writes in a strongly worded press release.
February 17, 2017

Hauge: Mongstad closure should be lesson learned for Barents Sea oil debate

Norway closes gas power plant after big losses.
February 16, 2017

Goliat oil: On-off-on-off-on-off

Eni’s Barents Sea oil production is back offline.
February 12, 2017

Mayors of cross-border cooperation

"I don't think there are any cities we have more contact with than Murmansk," says Kirkenes Mayor Rune Rafaelsen.
February 10, 2017

Wallström to talk Barents in Moscow

Swedish Foreign Minister with first visit to Moscow in three years.
February 10, 2017

January sea ice extent record low in Barents- and Kara Seas

Arctic alarm: Svalbard measured 3°C Friday morning. That is the same as in Paris 3,300 km further south.
February 10, 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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