ipating in several international
telecommunications projects that will increase the availability of
external services

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 15, FM 78, shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios:
3.12 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
6 national broadcasting, 7 regional, 67 local (2004)

Televisions:
2.62 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.sk

Internet hosts:
89,592 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
6 (2000)

Internet users:
1,375,800 (2003)

Transportation Slovakia

Railways:
total: 3,662 km
broad gauge: 100 km 1.520-m gauge
standard gauge: 3,512 km 1.435-m gauge (1,588 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 50 km (1.000-m or 0.750-m gauge) (2004)

Highways:
total: 42,970 km
paved: 37,698 km (including 302 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,272 km (2002)

Waterways:
172 km (on Danube River) (2004)

Pipelines:
gas 6,769 km; oil 449 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Bratislava, Komarno

Merchant marine:
total: 24 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 41,891 GRT/63,185 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 5, cargo 18, chemical tanker 1
foreign-owned: 18 (Bulgaria 8, Estonia 1, Greece 1, Syria 1, Turkey
6, United Kingdom 1) (2005)

Airports:
34 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 17
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 7 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 17
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 7 (2004 est.)

Heliports:
1 (2004 est.)

Military Slovakia

Military branches:
Army of the Slovak Republic (Armady Slovenskej Republika): Land
Command, Air Forces (Vozdushne Sily), Training and Support Command,
Logistics Command (2005)

Military service age and obligation:
complete transition to an all-volunteer professional force is
planned for 1 January 2007; 82% of Slovak armed forces were
volunteers as of January 2005; volunteers include women, with
minimum age of 17 years; 18 years of age for compulsory military
service (January 2005)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,351,848 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,089,645 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 41,544 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$406 million (2002)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.89% (2002)

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