Atle Staalesen

Lawyers sue state over Arctic oil drilling

”This will be the court case of the century,” Norwegian Supreme Court lawyer Pål W. Lorentzen says about the planned legal action against the Norwegian state.
January 18, 2016

Gold miners encroach on national park

Company GV Gold intends to build a mine in the UNESCO-protected Yigid-Va park in the Komi Republic.
January 15, 2016

Barents wants more cooperation

All the involved countries want this to remain an open channel for east-wast cooperation, leader of the International Barents Secretariat Tomas Hallberg says. He is backed by a new study which concludes that experts engaged in regional working groups seek more cross-border activity.
January 15, 2016

Oil from Novy Port arrives in Murmansk

A first load of oil from the new Yamal field is delivered by Murmansk Shipping Company.
January 13, 2016

Soros books burning

Publications issued by George Soros' Open Society Foundation are set ablaze in the Komi Republic. The book fires come just few months after the liberal foundation was banned from Russia.
January 13, 2016

Fish and fruits 30% more expensive

A major price increase on basic foodstuff strains Russian family budgets.
January 13, 2016

This is the time for Lofoten oil, says Norwegian minister

The lower the oil price, the more likely with production in the Lofoten waters, Norway’s oil minister Tord Lien argues.
January 13, 2016

Green success in Arkhangelsk

The northwest Russian region cuts industrial emissions by a half in less than four years, much thanks to Barents cooperative efforts.
January 12, 2016

Record-high gas exports to EU

Norway and Russia in 2015 increased their gas sales to the EU by seven and eight percent.
January 12, 2016

Gazprom says halt to new Yamal pipeline

The future of the Ukhta-Torzhok 2 pipeline appears unclear as the gas company cancels a series of planned project tenders.
January 11, 2016

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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
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