Pressenza7h
The Landmine Ban at a Crossroads: Strategic Retreats and Treaty Breaches
Finland’s Prime Minister announced the country’s intention to withdraw from the international treaty banning anti-personnel land mines.
Helsinki Times14h
Finnish firm signals interest in landmine production after treaty exit
Finnish defence firm Insta has expressed interest in producing anti-personnel landmines following Finland’s decision to begin ...
Yle16h
Reuters: Insta expresses interest in landmine production
A Finnish company has expressed interest in manufacturing landmines after Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) announced plans ...
Why are Finland and other nations leaving the land mine treaty?
A three-decade global effort to end the use of land mines appears to be over. Finland and other European countries are ...
Devdiscourse1d
Insta Considers Land Mine Production Amid Finland's Treaty Withdrawal
Finnish tech giant Insta plans to produce land mines as Finland exits an international ban. Citing Russian threats, Finland ...
Growing calls for UK to withdraw from treaty banning landmines
After a number of countries in eastern Europe announced they were withdrawing from the Ottawa Treaty, the House of Lords ...
Factbox-Which countries are quitting a key landmine treaty and why?
NATO members Poland, Finland and all three Baltic states have queued up over the past few weeks to withdraw from the Ottawa ...
Devdiscourse1d
Poland, Finland, and Baltic States Exit Anti-Personnel Landmine Ban Amid Rising Threats
Poland, Finland, and the Baltic states are withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention, citing military threats from Russia. This ...
Countries near Russia are pulling out of a decades-old land mine ban as security concerns grow
A growing number of countries bordering Russia are abandoning a long-standing treaty banning the use of land mines, as fears ...
The Ottawa landmine ban treaty must remain relevant – here’s how
The decision by four states last month and another one this week to withdraw from the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty, widely ...
CounterPunch1dOpinion
For the Love of Landmines: European States Exit the Ottawa Convention
Paranoia manifests in various ways.  It can eat away individuals in desperate solitude, whittling away sanity and ...