Finland's Parliament voted to exit the Ottawa Treaty banning anti-personnel landmines, citing national defence needs. The ...

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland — have recently pulled out of the Ottawa Treaty or announced plans to do so. View on ...

Finland's parliament voted on Thursday in favour of withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention that bans the use of ...

Finland exits the Ottawa Treaty, permitting anti-personnel mines. Parliament approved the decision due to security concerns, particularly Russia's actions. The treaty bans using, making, and storing ...

Finland joined the Ottawa Convention in 2012 and subsequently destroyed over one million stockpiled landmines. The current government, led by Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, announced its intention to ...

Finnish MPs voted to approve the country's withdrawal from the Ottawa Treaty on Thursday, as Finland plans to resume using ...

June 19, the Finnish parliament voted to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, which bans the use of anti-personnel mines, ...

Finland’s parliament has voted overwhelmingly to pull out of a major international treaty on land mines as the Nordic country ...

Finland’s parliament has voted overwhelmingly to pull out of a major international treaty on land mines as the Nordic country seeks to boost its defenses against an increasingly assertive Russia ...

Finland is to follow several of its NATO neighbours and exit the Ottawa Treaty banning the use of anti-personnel landmines, ...