military service

Eight soldiers doing their compulsory initial military service in a Lithuanian battalion have tested positive for COVID-19, the military said on Sunday.

The Committee on National Security and Defence of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania held a meeting to hear the presentation on the most recent studies by the Military Academy of Lithuania into the attitudes of Lithuania’s population, young people and soldiers towards military service as well a...

The Lithuanian Defense Ministry proposes to lower the upper age limit for draftees for mandatory initial military service to 23 years.

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.

Some 359 young people have expressed willingness to serve in mandatory initial military service in Lithuania, which is double from the same period last year, Lietuvos Žinios daily said on Wednesday.

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.

Liudvikas Jakavičius, a 31-year-old third-generation Lithuanian expatriate from Mexico, shares his experience of military service in the Lithuanian army.

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Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas says that 2,000 volunteers have already enlisted in the Lithuanian Armed Forces for 9-month military service.

The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday adopted amendments on the extension of the service time for professional troops.

Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas announced that 1,561 volunteers have signed up for service in the Lithuanian army by Monday morning, 25 May, and that the health commission examined the 500 of them.

Lists of conscripts have been complied at the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence on Monday.

Lithuania's Ministry of National Defence said on Friday that over the last two weeks a total of 206 citizens had volunteered to sign up for a 9-month military service, including 9 women.

More than 100 volunteers registered for initial mandatory military service over the first ten days, Lithuania's Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said at the parliament on Tuesday in his presentation of the guarantees and privileges for conscripts.

The State Defence Council, comprising of the Lithuanian president, prime minister, parliament speaker, defence minister and army chief, decided on Tuesday to reintroduce military conscription in Lithuania.

Lithuania plans to double the number of young men enlisted to undergo basic military training next year. And if the necessary target of volunteers is not met, the chief of defence of Lithuania does not discount the possibility of suggesting to politicians to restore conscription.

Russia has reopened 25-year-old cases that may lead to criminal charges against young people who refused to serve in the Soviet army in 1990-1991, shows a request for legal assistance received by the Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office.

Lithuania should start discussion on returning military training classes to schools, says Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee.