Poland and the Baltic states also withdrew from the Ottawa Convention despite pleas from some leaders to maintain decorum in ...

Lithuania and Finland look set to start domestic production of anti-personnel landmines next year to supply themselves and ...

HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finland has notified the United Nations it is leaving the Ottawa Convention that bans the use of ...

HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finnish Defence Minister Antti Hakkanen hailed plans on Wednesday for six NATO member states including Britain and France to participate in land forces that are to be established ...

Finland received the green light to join NATO when Turkey became the final country in the alliance to sign off on the Nordic nation's membership.

Sweden and Finland are set formally to end decades of neutrality and join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), in a historic breakthrough for the alliance that deals a blow to Russian ...

Finland shares an 800-mile border with Russia, raising NATO’s risks of direct confrontation with Russia. As fighting continues into its second year in Ukraine, Finland is already an ardent ...

The addition of Finland and Sweden will reinforce the eastern edge of the alliance and increase NATO's presence around the Baltic Sea. Finland shares a land border of nearly 900 miles with Russia.

Finland is Russia's immediate neighbor to the west. The two countries share about 800 miles of land border,and Finland's membership in NATO will significantly bolster security on NATO's eastern flank.

Since it began its NATO accession, Finland has already committed $10 billion to buy U.S.-made F-35 fighters to replace its three squadrons of F-18s.

Finland shares a 832 mile border with Russia. Adding Finland to NATO will more than double the size of NATO's border with Russia; and it will double security on the border.