HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland said on Thursday it plans to increase military troop levels by about 20 percent to 280,000 and raise defence spending because of the heightened tensions in the Baltic Sea region.
The measures are part of a defence policy report which the government will present to parliament next month.
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