The Finnish government is set to leave the Ottawa Land Mine Treaty and has struck a deal to sell icebreakers to the US in ...

The U.S. Coast Guard’s quest to buy a new fleet of icebreakers has drawn interest from both domestic and international ...

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 ...

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 ...

T HIS SPRING, the Lithuanian hamlet of Lavoriskes is tranquil. No traffic disturbs the country road that leads from the ...

Finland on Tuesday announced it will pull out of a global landmine treaty—a move made "as Russia fears grow," reports Politico. Politico reports the 1997 Ottawa Convention "has come under increasing ...

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.

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 ...

Women’s World Championship set a new record with 122,331 fans filling the stands in České Budějovice, and on the ice, Ottawa ...

“Withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention will give us the possibility to prepare for the changes in the security environment in a more versatile way,” he said. He added that Finland would ...