The sudden announcement this week that army service has been slashed from 24 months to 14 took everyone by surprise.

It had long been promised but never delivered, and the response has been a combination of jubilation, relief and anger that it took so long for the pre-election pledges of several presidents to finally be fulfilled.

“Everyone thought it was amazing, everyone is already planning to go out and celebrate,” 18-year-old conscript, Leondios Leondiades, told the Sunday Mail.

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