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Defense Ministry considering reintroducing military conscription after 27 years

For the first time in 27 years, the Ministry of Defense is considering reintroducing military conscription in the Netherlands. But if the countries around the Netherlands start reintroducing active military service, the Netherlands will immediately follow suit, RTL Nieuws reports based on a Defense document. If the Netherlands were to call up all 17-year-olds for active military service, that would …

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Croatia will reintroduce a two-month compulsory military service starting January 1 next year, the country's Defense Minister Ivan Anusic announced late Thursday. The move comes amid heightened tensions in Europe following the Russian aggression against Ukraine as well as an apparent arms race and military buildup in the Balkans which went through a bloody war in the 1990s. Other countries …

ZAGREB, Croatia — Croatia will reintroduce a two-month compulsory military service starting January 1 next year, the country’s Defense Minister Ivan Anusic announced late Thursday. The move comes amid heightened tensions in Europe following the Russian aggression against Ukraine as well as an apparent arms race and military buildup in the Balkans which went through a bloody war in the …

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan is considering extending its four-month compulsory military service, its defense minister said Wednesday, amid concerns about the self-governing island democracy’s tensions with China, which have been underscored by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In recent years, China has stepped up its military harassment of the self-ruled island, which China claims as its own territory, sending fighter jets …