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 European Court of Human Rights has demanded that the Finnish authorities substantiate the reasons for the closure of the ...

Finland's right-wing government has asked parliament to extend until the end of 2026 a law that allows it to reject asylum ...

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 ...

Finland’s decision to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty signals a decisive shift in European security policy as growing ...

A three-decade global effort to end the use of land mines appears to be over. Finland and other European countries are ...

Finland’s government plans to raise the country’s defense spending to 3% of economic output by 2029 to address the risks from ...

The men who crossed the border, born in 1983 and 1968, were sentenced to 35 day fines for a state border crime. The third man ...

The Finns ramp up defense spending and leave a land-mine pact. It’s a lesson for Trump.

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 ...