BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia is considering whether to revert to compulsory military service, seven years after abolishing conscription, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday.
FILE PHOTO: Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic attends a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not pictured) at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt/File Photo
The military of the European Union applicant country that emerged after the bloody collapse of former Yugoslavia in the 1990s was fully professionalized in 2011, but it is poorly paid and equipped.
The country has retained voluntary service and reserve units.
Reporting by Aleksandar Vasovic; editing by John Stonestreet
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