Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Tuesday that exiting the 1997 treaty would allow Finland to “prepare for the changes in the security environment in a more versatile way”. Estonia ...

Finland’s government plans to raise the country’s defense spending to 3% of economic output by 2029 to address the risks from a more aggressive Russia, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said. The ...

Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said a fundamentally changed security environment in Europe prompted the decision by Finland – a NATO member bordering Russia – to pull out of the 1997 Ottawa Treaty.