The change means that all 18-year-olds in Germany will be sent a questionnaire from January 2026 asking if they are ...

Boris Pistorius, Germany’s defense minister, is pushing to expand its military in case tensions with Russia escalate. That’s ...

The German parliament on Friday voted to introduce voluntary military service as European nations seek to boost readiness ...

Germany’s Bundestag voted for a bill on Friday that allows the country to move towards conscription, as tensions with Russia ...

German lawmakers on Friday approved the government's plan to attract more military recruits as the country tries to boost the ...

Germany's parliament approved a controversial new military service law on Friday that aims to boost Bundeswehr numbers and ...

Fourteen years after suspending mandatory military service, Germany plans to offer 18-year-olds the opportunity to undertake ...

Earlier this year, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged to build Europe’s strongest army – a tall order for a country ...

The new military service law will come into effect in January. Many think it goes too far, while others want to return to ...

Under the changes, young adults in Germany will be handed out a questionnaire from January 2026, asking them whether they ...

The German Defense Ministry confirmed Tuesday that “a shipment of thousands of rounds of ammunition” bound for the armed ...

It stops short of reintroducing conscription, though it leaves open the possibility of compulsory service for at least a ...