Swiss voters have rejected a tax on ultra wealthy residents and turned down a proposal to extend mandatory military service ...

Swiss voters have decisively rejected a call to require women to do national service in the military, civil protection teams ...

Young men in Switzerland are already required to carry out military service or join civil protection teams; can do other ...

Amid heightened security concerns across European countries, Switzerland, a neutral nation, put a constitutional amendment proposing mandatory military service for women to a public vote, but it was ...

Geneva: Swiss voters are casting their ballots to decide whether women, like men, must undertake national service in the military, civil protection teams or in other forms. The referendum on the ...

Nations across Europe are turning to conscription to strengthen their militaries in the face of Russian threats ...

A new draft law on conscripting ultra-Orthodox Jews, whose support is crucial for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ...

After months of wrangling, the government has decided not to reintroduce conscription. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius from the center-left Social Democratic Party plans to launch the new voluntary ...

France is set to introduce voluntary military service to strengthen its armed forces against the background of growing ...