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President of Estonia Alar Karis has called for all NATO member states to consider seriously instating conscription, if they do not already, arguing that a preparedness for military conflict with the Russian Federation is looking increasingly important, reports public broadcaster ERR.

The Ministry of National Defence suggests eliminating conscription exemptions for students so they could not postpone their military service. Yet there are the opposite initiatives in parliament. MP Artūras Žukauskas, chair of the Seimas Committee on Education and Science, believes that university s...

Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas does not reveal if President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, who visited Lithuania last week, asked for help with repatriation of Ukrainian men who would be mobilised to fight against Russian invaders. However, he admitted that information may be provid...

Leader of the Farmers and Greens party (LVŽS) Ramūnas Karbauskis is critical of discussions on universal conscription, he thinks that Lithuania has been ill-prepared for it and that the issue is being taken advantage of before numerous elections in 2024.

The Ministry of National Defence has drawn up the 2024 military conscription list, which will be published on 10 January.

Five players of Lithuania's two top basketball teams, two members of the national football team, a transgender person and the son of Ramunas Karbauskis, the leader of the ruling the Farmers and Greens Union, are on this year's military conscription lists.

The Lithuanian Defense Ministry published on Wednesday this year's mandatory military conscription lists.

The first group of conscripts from this year's draft call are starting on Thursday their mandatory initial military service, the Defense Ministry said.

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.

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 nu...

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...

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.

Speaking about the date of introducing universal conscription in Lithuania is still too early, says Chief of Defence Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas.

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

Lithuania's Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis hopes that all recruits will join the country's Armed Forces voluntarily this year.

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).

Should Lithuanian politicians decide to introduce general conscription, preparations would take at least four years and require more funding, experts say.

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. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.