Slovakia:
Military & Transnational Issues


Military branches	Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (Ozbrojene Sily Slovenskej Republiky): Land Forces (Pozemne Sily), Air Forces (Vzdusne Sily) (2005)
Military service age and obligation	17 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2006; women are eligible to serve (2006)
Manpower available for military service	males age 18-49: 1,351,848 females age 18-49: 1,322,647 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service	males age 18-49: 1,089,645 females age 18-49: 1,093,077 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military age annually	males age 18-49: 41,544 females age 18-49: 40,183 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	1.87% (2005 est.)

Disputes - international	bilateral government, legal, technical and economic working group negotiations continued in 2006 between Slovakia and Hungary over Hungary's completion of its portion of the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros hydroelectric dam project along the Danube; as a member state that forms part of the EU's external border, Slovakia must implement the strict Schengen border rules
Illicit drugs	transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin bound for Western Europe; producer of synthetic drugs for regional market; consumer of ecstasy