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Kosovo Drops Compulsory Military Service Plan

The Government of Kosovo has officially ended its initiative to introduce compulsory military service for young citizens. Instead, the Ministry of Defense will implement a “total defense” model based on voluntary participation and broader societal involvement in national security. Under this concept, defense responsibilities extend beyond the armed forces to institutions such as the police, […]
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Sweden: Conscription System Is Overloaded and Can’t Handle More Conscripts

In an interesting Altinget piece, Joel Rehn argues against a proposal to expand the annual conscript intake to 12,000 (up from the current 8,000), an idea put forward by the former Minister of Defence, who served in the Social Democrats’ government from 2014 to 2022. Rehn argues this would result in poorer quality of education […]
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Greece: Conscription caused interruption of studies will intensify the flight of young scientists and doctors

An article in Greek Health Pharma reports that the Panhellenic Medical Association (PIS) is urging the Greek government to immediately amend Law 5265/2026 on doctors’ conscription deferments. PIS argues that the new rule effectively ends deferment for medical specialty training after age 28, forcing residents to interrupt their specialization, disrupting those waiting in specialty queues, […]
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Austrian conscripts often struggle financially, and they can rarely master the skills required by modern warfare.

Austria’s Der Standard ran an interesting story this week portraying the experiences of men currently serving as conscripts in the armed forces. 19-year older Artur, who always wanted to do his basic military service got assigned to the renowned 17th Infantry Battalion in Straß, that has partaken in international missions in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Lebanon. […]
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