The Latvian parliament on Wednesday voted in favour of withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention international treaty that bans ...

The Latvian parliament voted to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, a treaty banning anti-personnel landmines, citing ...

Finland’s decision to prepare for withdrawal from the Ottawa landmine treaty faces criticism from Amnesty Finland, warning it ...

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

Finland’s decision to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty signals a decisive shift in European security policy as growing concerns over Russian aggression prompt Nordic and Baltic nations to prioritise mi ...

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 ...

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

Finland's prime minister said Tuesday the country plans to withdraw from the international treaty banning anti-personnel mines, the latest signatory moving to ditch the ban over threats from Russia.

Finland signed the Ottawa Convention in 2012, the last EU member state to sign onto the 1997 treaty. Last month, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Poland jointly announced they were withdrawing from the ...

“Finland is not currently facing an immediate military threat,” he said in a statement. “Withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention will give us the possibility to prepare for the changes in the security ...

A growing number of countries bordering Russia are abandoning a long-standing treaty banning the use of land mines, as fears over future attacks grow.

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.