NATO member Finland plans to quit a global convention banning anti-personnel landmines and boost defence spending to at least 3% of GDP by 2029 in response to the evolving military threat from Russia, ...

A three-decade global effort to end the use of land mines appears to be over. Finland and other European countries are leaving the Ottawa Convention, the treaty banning anti-personnel mines, as the ...

The Estonian government has approved draft legislation to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, which prohibits the use of ...

PM Orpo announces preemptive measures as President Stubb engages in balancing act between Moscow and Washington.

President Alexander Stubb announced the decision, citing a changing security environment following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The conversation on landmines cannot be reduced to a binary. Canada must instead explore whether there’s a different path ...

With the withdrawal of Finland from the Ottawa Convention, Norway is now the only European country that borders Russia but remains a member of the treaty. "'I regret Finland's intention to ...

The decision by four states last month and another one this week to withdraw from the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty, widely known as the Ottawa Treaty, is one of the most significant challenges to ...

Calls are growing for the UK to withdraw from the treaty banning the use of landmines. Nations in eastern Europe, including Poland and Finland, have signalled they will leave the 1997 Ottawa ...

Finnish technology conglomerate Insta said on Friday it is interested in producing anti-personnel land mines in Finland once the Finnish government leaves the international mine ban treaty.

Finland began considering withdrawal from the Ottawa treaty last November when its military commander said the matter should be discussed due to Russia’s use of such weapons in Ukraine.