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The Armenian Mirror-Spectator
March 15, 2018
The state of war with Azerbaijan and the aggressive and hateful behavior of the latter towards Armenia seems to be an effective argument to silence the diaspora ... but it no longer interferes with the families' willingness to leave the country and protect their children as they approach the age of conscription.
AzerNews
March 10, 2018
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order to increase the monthly salary (tariff) of the military servicemen and civilian workers, who are not public servants at the State Service for Mobilization and Conscription. Under the decrees, monthly salary (tariff) for all of the above-mentioned employeesÃÂ ...
News.Az
March 7, 2018
Under the order, the Azerbaijani citizens born in 2000 who are 18 years of age on the day of conscription, as well as those born in 1983-1999 and are under the age of 35 and citizens of Azerbaijan Republic who have no rights of deferral of services in the republic's armed forces and other militaryÃÂ ...
University World News
February 17, 2018
On 29 November 2017, the President of the Republic of Armenia signed the new law on 'military duty and military service', which states that to get a military draft deferment, all male students must sign contracts with the Armenian ministry of defence and must agree to serve in the military for three years afterÃÂ ...
Aljazeera.com
February 15, 2018
Conscripts stand against a wall in the yard of their military base in the Martuni region of Nagorno Karabakh. Conscription is mandatory in Armenia; all 18-year-old males have to complete two years of military service before they can continue their studies or work. Many are sent to the Karabakh region andÃÂ ...
Newsweek
February 12, 2018
They are fielding a total of 447 athletes, ranging from one athlete representing Azerbaijan to 169 athletes representing the great state of “ Olympic ... Eritrea : The “North Korea of Africa,” Eritrea has had the same president since its founding in 1993 and requires its citizens to enter indefinite conscription fromÃÂ ...
EurasiaNet
January 29, 2018
According to surveys in 2009, 30 percent of Armenians said they considered friendship with an Azerbaijani to be possible, while only one percent of Azerbaijanis said the same thing about Armenians. “This is a huge gap, which, sadly, has been closing in recent years,” the Caucasus Institute reported.
APA
January 29, 2018
President Ilham Aliyev congratulates Azerbaijani women. 19:26 06 March. Azerbaijani president signs order on conscription. 19:12 06 March. President Ilham Aliyev increases salaries for military servants and non-civil servants of Interior Troops. 18:55 06 March. Azerbaijan to mark Hasan Turabov's 80thÃÂ ...
ERR News
January 6, 2018
Kiverik also said that the volume of Azerbaijani export to Estonia is increasing and digital economic cooperation is progressing well. "Good exchange is not big, it is even marginal. As for Azerbaijani investments in Estonia, those are increasing. This is connected with various Azerbaijani companies inÃÂ ...
AzerNews
December 27, 2017
Stories about injustice while conscripting young Armenians to serving in the army know no end. Another such story is about a conscript Lernik Usikyan. His application was considered at a hearing of the Public Council under the Minister of Justice on December 25. During the meeting, Lernik showed hisÃÂ ...
JAMnews (blog)
December 22, 2017
One needs to take into account that we are conducting this form of conscription for the first time, and I think that if 100 soldiers sign up, it will already be a good initial result for the program. In the next conscription period we will be even better prepared, and will work with recruiting resources from schools,ӈ...
Transitions Online
December 6, 2017
Number of conscripts per year to increase to 4,000 – months after a bill to expand female involvement in military service was signed into law. 6 December 2017. Estonian Defense Minister Juri Luik has told parliament of plans to increase the number of youths conscripted annually into compulsory military service from 3,200ÃÂ ...
Transitions Online
December 6, 2017
Number of conscripts per year to increase to 4,000 – months after a bill to expand female involvement in military service was signed into law. You have reached a premium content area of TOL. To read this entire article please login if you are already a TOL subscriber:ÃÂ ...
AzerNews
November 20, 2017
“Armenia has occupied part of Azerbaijan's territory, and therefore it needs to keep a military contingent on these lands. Today Armenia faces serious problems with the replenishment of the ranks of this military contingent, and Armenia sees conscription of students for military service as the last way out ofÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 3, 2017
Sweden ended conscription in 2010 because it had been considered unsatisfactory for meeting the needs of a modern army. Sweden's government on March 2 is set to introduce to the parliament a bill to restore conscription this summer for all Swedes born after 1999. Compulsory military service is set toÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
February 21, 2012
Azerbaijan To Reform Military Conscription ... new military doctrine that pinpoints the continued occupation of Azerbaijani territory by Armenian forces as a major threat, Azerbaijan has finally embarked on structural reform ... Military service is mandatory in Azerbaijan for men between the ages of 18 and 35.
