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First group of Lithuania’s 2018 conscripts start their military service
The first group of conscripts from this year’s draft call are starting on Thursday their mandatory initial military service, the Defense Ministry said. […]
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Reinstating conscription in Lithuania: bringing society back into defence?
In 2015, with the security environment on NATO‘s eastern frontiers deteriorating as a result of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, Lithuania made a rather sudden and dramatic decision to resume the mandatory military draft and thus […]
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A third of Lithuanians favour universal military service
One-third of the Lithuanian population are in favor of introducing universal military service in the country, according to a survey carried out by the pollster RAIT for BNS. […]
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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. […]
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Lithuania needs bigger defence budget for cyber security, universal conscription – MP
Lithuania needs a bigger defence budget to ensure cyber security and prepare for universal military conscription, says Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defence, which has recently called on political parties to commit to increasing defence spending to 2.5 percent of GDP in 2020. […]
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DefMin Karoblis – soldiers need to be trained in the army, not at schools
Based on the implementation of Russian deterrence, a tank and AFV brigade from the United States has already reached Poland from where it will proceed to Lithuania. Despite Russian protests, this year a NATO battalion led by the German armed forces will be deployed in Lithuania. […]
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Interview with heads of armed forces on universal conscription and more
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has declared that universal compulsory military service could already be established during the Seimas term, that is to say within the coming 3.5 years. How would this work? Is universal compulsory […]
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Setting date for universal conscription too early – chief of defence
Speaking about the date of introducing universal conscription in Lithuania is still too early, says Chief of Defence Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas. […]
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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. […]
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Minister of Defence hopes all recruits to join voluntarily in 2017
Lithuania’s Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis hopes that all recruits will join the country’s Armed Forces voluntarily this year. […]
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Seimas speaker backs idea of military training at schools
Seimas Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis supports the re-introduction of military training at schools, an idea raised by Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU). […]
Defence
No general conscription for Lithuania before 2020
Should Lithuanian politicians decide to introduce general conscription, preparations would take at least four years and require more funding, experts say. […]
Defence
Half of conscripts want to stay in Lithuanian army
Almost a half of conscripts in Lithuania are willing to stay in the military after completing their mandatory service, the Ministry of National Defence says.
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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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First Lithuanian conscript joins professional military service in airforce
Linas Jakštas is the first conscript to start professional military service with Lithuania‘s airforce after finishing his compulsory military service.
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Lithuania’s Seimas greenlights permanent conscription
Lithuania’s parliament, the Seimas, on Thursday passed a law making military conscription permanent.
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First batch of Lithuanian conscripts finish military training
The first group of recruits who have completed the reintroduced mandatory nine-month military service was transferred to reserve in a solemn ceremony in Lithuania’s port city of Klaipėda on Saturday. […]
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Lithuanian government to decide how military will look six years from now
Lithuania’s government will decide what Lithuania’s military should look like in 6 years under new plans for defence spending. Military planning guidelines indicate that 4,000 mandatory basic service soldiers will complete their mandatory conscription every […]
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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. […]
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With conscript dead from infection, some suspect army food
Lithuanian conscript Martynas Jurkus died in a Lithuanian military hospital on Monday due to an acute infectious disease. Military representatives have denied allegations that the conscript’s rapid deterioration in medical condition could have occurred due to unsuitable food, but an official medical analysis is still forthcoming. […]