Hundreds of teenagers report for duty as Croatia reinstates conscription

Training will cover everything from traditional skills through to drone control and cyberwarfare techniques and countermeasures.

Croatia has reintroduced mandatory military service, with hundreds of teenagers reporting for duty for the first time since 2008. Training will cover traditional skills, drone operation, and cyberwarfare techniques.

Croatia has reinstated mandatory military service for young men turning 19 this year, lasting two months. The first 800 recruits have entered three barracks for basic military training.

Croatia has reintroduced mandatory military service, with the first 800 conscripts entering three barracks for two months of basic military training. Among them, 446 are volunteers, including 82 women.

Basic military training has begun in Croatia for a new intake of 800 recruits, marking the start of the program nearly two decades after compulsory military service was abolished in 2008.

Croatia has reintroduced compulsory military service after nearly 20 years, with the first 800 conscripts arriving at three barracks for two months of basic military training.