Finland joined NATO in 2023 after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, ending, together with Sweden, a long-held position of neutrality in favor of the protection afforded by the ...

Germany, Poland, and Lithuania have expressed interest in a French nuclear umbrella amid concerns about US protection ...

Since their widespread deployment in modern warfare, landmines have claimed close to one million lives globally. And the human cost extends far beyond this eye-popping number when you also consider ...

The government, along with two other Baltic nations and Poland, agreed last month to quit the 1997 accord that prohibits from ...

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

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

The parliament approved the treaty exit by a large margin. The decision is set to come into effect six months after Latvia ...

Ireland has conveyed its concerns to Lithuania over its withdrawal from the international ban on cluster bombs, which was agreed in Dublin 17 years ago.

The United Nations Human Rights Council’s first resolution on landmines strongly endorses the long-standing international ...

Five Baltic states want to leave a convention that prohibits use and production of mines, a move accepted by the European ...

Most NATO members still do not meet the 2 percent of GDP defense spending benchmark, despite years of promises and performative panic. Canada, which has taken freeloading to an art form, has shown no ...

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