European countries are grappling with how to repopulate their armed forces under pressure from Washington and an expansionist ...

Germany is moving towards military conscription with a lottery for men over the age of 18 as the country attempts to make up numbers in its army. A dispute over the new military service law - which ...

GERMANY has announced military tests for “emergency conscription” affecting all 18-year-olds as the country braces for World War III. Berlin plans to ramp up its number of reserves by ...

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to present a new voluntary military service on Thursday — and most ...

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The Russian government has approved new measures to streamline the conscription process, making it easier to draft young men into the Armed Forces, including those who previously evaded service, The ...

Germany has decided to maintain a primarily voluntary military service system rather than fully reintroduce conscription, while simultaneously creating a fallback mechanism should recruitment ...

As global tensions ratchet up defensive preparations, countries are beginning to reconsider whether conscripting only men into their armed forces will be enough. Ukraine should get rid of its ...

Finland, with its 830-mile border with Russia, has never abandoned its conscription programme, which is even written into the nation’s constitution. For women in Finland it remains voluntary, but all ...