Serbia looks set to reintroduce the obligatory military service for its young citizens, the army command said Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024 in a move that comes amid rising tensions in the Balkans.

Serbian citizens have begun receiving military exercise call-up notices in large quantities. Aleksandar Radić, a military analyst, told the weekly "Vreme" that "it is a reasonable decision ...

Serbia's government ministers on Friday agreed to reintroduce compulsory military service which was abolished 14 years ago, President Aleksandar Vucic said, praising the decision as an important ...

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić speaks to Euronews' Jane Witherspoon in Belgrade, ...

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia is considering reintroducing compulsory military service, its president said Tuesday, citing tensions in the Balkans and elsewhere in Europe.

While Serbia had initially planned the purchase Bayraktar military drones from Turkey, it announced in 2023 that it had abandoned the plan in response to Turkey’s delivery of drones to Kosovo, a ...

Serbia, an EU candidate country, recently completed its first-ever joint military training exercise with China, dubbed Peacekeeper 2025, despite strong objections from the European Union and the ...

Serbian mercenary in the Russian army, Dejan Berić, complains that Russians from the 119th brigade treated other Serbs like cattle, called them gypsies, and beat a number of them.

Serbia had planned to purchase Bayraktar military drones from Turkey, but it announced in 2023 that it had abandoned the plan in response to the delivery of drones from Turkey to Kosovo, a former ...

Serbia looks set to reintroduce the obligatory military service for its young citizens, the army command said Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024 in a move that comes amid rising tensions in the Balkans.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s president says the country is considering the reintroduction of compulsory military service, citing tensions in the Balkans and elsewhere in Europe.

Serbia has also maintained cordial relations with NATO whose peacekeeping troops have been stationed in Kosovo’s since 1999 when the Western military alliance intervened to stop Belgrade’s ...