Conscripts
CORPORATE

Revealing the nation‘s sore – emigration or disease instead of service to the country

The idea to implement universal military conscription has revealed the nation‘s sore. With Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis announcing that universal conscription where all youths leaving school would be called to serve being potentially implemented from 2019, calculations have appeared that the number of those suitable to serve would only reach 6,000. […]

Conscripts
Defence

PM wants universal conscription introduced during current term of office

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the country should introduce universal military conscription during the government’s current term of office. […]

Šauktiniai
Defence

Lithuanian conscripts feel cheated after finishing military service

When Lithuania reintroduced military conscription last year, politicians were throwing around promises of various benefits to sweeten the deal for the country’s youngsters who were suddenly facing nine months of military service. Some of them have found that these promises should have been taken with a grain of salt.

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Defence

Suspected cause of conscript’s death revealed as two more are hospitalised

Two soldiers from the Lithuanian Etmon Jonušas Radvila Training Detachment in Rukla were sent to Kaunas Hospital of Infectious Diseases. […]