Conscription in the United States

The draft law which is to be approved in Monday's Government meeting includes a series of measures which can be taken during the state of alert regarding the unfolding of some economic-social activities within the public institutions, so that the health and life be protected in a "coordinated and coherent" manner," Justice Minister Catalin Predoiu said on Monday in the beginning of the Gov't me

Dejan Ivanovic was wounded while serving in the Kosovo war in spring 1999, when he stood on an anti-personnel mine in Kosare and lost one of his legs.

For the last 20 years, he has been a military invalid, but has had to struggle with bureaucracy to get the benefits that he is guaranteed by law.

A controversial draft bill that has been widely criticized as giving the green light to illegal construction on the country's coasts has been revised by the government and resubmitted to Parliament.

A controversial draft bill that has been widely criticized as giving the green light to illegal construction on the country's coasts has been revised by the government and resubmitted to Parliament.

Applications for master's programs in Turkey have decreased by 60 percent in state universities and 50 percent in private universities after the government introduced paid military service for young men who could complete the draft by paying a certain fee and serving just 21 days.

The United Nations envoy for Syria on Nov. 19 signaled that he was ready to abandon efforts to set up a committee on drafting a post-war constitution if no deal is reached by the end of December.

Croatia's centre-right government on Thursday caved in to protests and withdrew a draft proposal for a new law defining the family that had infuriated activists.

Civil society groups welcomed the backdown - but said they were far from reassured and demanded to know who had been responsible for the wording.

Greece's left-led government has unveiled draft legislation that will allow all Greeks to freely determine their gender identity irrespective of how it was recorded at birth.

Despite claims that a draft law on the powers of the state-level court would be agreed by the end of January, no agreement on its powers has in fact been reached.

The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) submitted to parliament on Aug. 6 a law proposal for the right to conscientious objection.

The proposal, prepared by HDP lawmakers Pervin Buldan and ?dris Baluken, included amendments to the Turkish penal code, military penal code and military service law.