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Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius urges banks to be more flexible as regards conscripts' financial obligations and says that suspending loan interest for the duration of military service would not bring major financial consequences to commercial banks.

Parents, spouses and employers should be put under the obligation of handing conscription papers to persons liable to military duty, Lithuanian Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said in one of the proposals to the parliament's National Security and Defence Committee on Wednesday.

Since 27 March, when the Armed Forces announced the registration of volunteer servicemen, 32 people, including 2 women, signed up for 9-month military service.

The Lithuania Tribune spoke with Eoin McNamara, PhD Researcher, the University of Tartu. Estonia argues that it is not realistic for a small nation to have a fully professional army for its defence. It sounds that the Latvians think that a conscript army for a small nation like Latvia is not a solut...

The Lithuania Tribune spoke with Viljar Vebeel, Lecturer in the University of Tartu & Lecturer of European Union Policies in Estonian School of Diplomacy. Estonia argues that it is not realistic for a small nation to have a fully professional army for its defence. It sounds that the Latvians think t...

Chairman of the Seimas National Security and Defence Committee, Artūras Paulauskas, says that the first conscripts, around 1,600 of them, will be drafted in August-September. Another 1,400 should be drafted in November-December and thus the total number will stand at 3,000.

What kind of war will Lithuania’s conscripts be preparing for? Hybrid conflicts that evolve into local mixed wars? People who talk about hybrid wars usually mean a phase of armed skirmishes with foreign army detachments with no discussion of how hybrid conflicts develop, how they impact on a conscri...

The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Linas Kojala, Analyst at the Eastern Europe Studies Centre. Lithuania is returning to conscript army. Are we ready for that change, we asked Mr. Kojala.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday signed a legal amendment, which reintroduces conscription service in the country.

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The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday voted in favour of restoring conscription in the country. The first stage of military draft is scheduled for August-September, National Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said.

A bill on the restoration of military conscription will be brought before the Seimas of Lithuania, parliament, on Thursday. Both the ruling and the opposition political groups have pledged their support.

Inadequatetly, only 35-percent manned Lithuanian army is not capable of actually defending the country, says chief presidential advisor on foreign affairs Jovita Neliupšienė. She stressed that this situation is what inspired the decision to restore a conscript army.

As the Seimas of Lithuania, parliament, is set to discuss the proposed partial restoration of conscription, the country's President Dalia Grybauskaitė says it's the only way to strengthen the Lithuanian army in the existing geopolitical situation.

The Social Democratic political group in the Seimas will support the reintroduction of military conscription, says the leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius.

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that that if there are enough volunteers during this autumn's drafting, no other citizens would be called to serve in the conscript army.

Polish and Estonian chiefs of defence on Thursday welcomed the Lithuanian plans of reintroducing conscription, emphasizing that the move would allow reinforcing the Armed Forces amid the Russian threat.

Having heard opinions of some MPs regarding the reintroduction of military conscription, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that a discussion at the Seimas on the issue will probably be very lively.

The Lithuanian army assured on Wednesday that conscripts would not be sent to international missions abroad, refuting rumours spread by the Russian media, which, the Lithuanian chief of defence says, are aimed at discrediting the idea of restoring military conscription.