NATO member Finland plans to quit a global convention banning anti-personnel landmines and boost defense spending to at least ...

Quitting the treaty would give Finland more options in adjusting to "changes in the security environment," one leader said.

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that President Vladimir Putin was open to the idea of restoring relations between Finland and ...

Finland has announced plans to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty as countries in Europe shore up against potential threats from Russia. The Ottawa Treaty is the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention ...

Finland plans to leave the Ottawa convention that bans antipersonnel landmines, following similar moves by other neighbouring states bordering Russia. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Tuesday ...

A growing number of countries bordering Russia are abandoning a long-standing treaty banning the use of anti-personnel land mines. On Tuesday, Finland became the latest country to announce it was ...

Stubb did not directly connect Finland's withdrawal to Russia, but it too shares a border with Russia, and Russia's war with Ukraine is high among Finnish concerns. Advertisement The nonprofit ...

NATO member Finland plans to quit a global convention banning anti-personnel landmines and boost defence spending to at least ...

MOSCOW - The Kremlin said on Tuesday that President Vladimir Putin was open to the idea of restoring relations between Finland and Russia, which it accused Helsinki of reducing to "nearly zero ...

By leaving the treaty, Finland, which guards NATO’s longest border with Russia, could start stockpiling landmines again to have them at hand should a need arise. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo told ...

By leaving the treaty, Finland, which guards Nato's longest border with Russia, could start stockpiling landmines again to have them at hand should a need arise. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo told a ...