Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HELSINKI, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Finland's military will initiate the acquisition of anti-personnel landmines and start training staff ...

Imagine if the sound of gunfire from a shooting range was audible from the Thames – or if leafy Chiswick was a military base training the UK’s top urban warfare soldiers to defend cities from foreign ...

Finland is barely out of the treaty banning them but the country's armed forces are already training soldiers to lay anti-personnel mines, citing a threat from neighbouring Russia. Trudging through ...

Finland’s armed forces on Wednesday said they will begin procuring anti-personnel landmines and training soldiers, conscripts and reservists in their use later this year, following the country’s ...

Finland should increase the amount that is paid to conscripts, according to Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen (NCP). The minister spoke to reporters about the matter at the opening of the National ...

Beyond, up a gentle slope, looms Russia. Finns used to drive across here to fill up on half-price gasoline. That was before ...

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