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Guided tour of the exhibition In the Service of Diplomacyorganized by the Slovak National Museum – Historical Museum in collaboration with the Association of Senior Slovak Diplomats, presents a selection of state decorations awarded to Slovak ambassadors abroad from 1993 to the present.
But do you know what it takes for a Slovak diplomat to receive a state decoration? Are you curious whether the decoration comes with a financial or other reward? What level of state decoration do ambassadors receive? Is such a decoration hereditary? Come find out more!
This time, the guided tour of the exhibition has been prepared for you by Ján Škoda, a former diplomat, journalist, and spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2009, as well as director of the Diplomatic Academy during the government’s preparations for the Slovak Republic’s EU Presidency (2013–2017).
He served abroad as ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain, with concurrent accreditation to the Kingdom of Morocco and the Principality of Andorra (2009–2013). He was ambassador to Cyprus from 2017 to 2022. He is a recipient of the Spanish Order of Isabella the Catholic (2014).
The tour will take place on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, and will begin at 4:00 p.m. directly at the exhibition on the 2nd floor of the SNM – Historical Museum at Bratislava Castle. na Bratislavskom hrade.
You can purchase tickets online or at the museum ticket office. Capacity is limited. The tour is expected to last 90 minutes.
More about the exhibition: In the Service of Diplomacy
The 56 decorations, compiled thanks to the cooperation of 36 former or current foreign service officers, offer a glimpse into the previously inaccessible aspects of the lives and work of diplomats. Behind each medal lie years of work by people who built official relations, cooperation, and friendship between the young Slovak Republic and countries around the world.
In the exhibition *In the Service of Diplomacy*, visitors will discover the beauty of works by foreign medal makers, diplomas, sashes, and accessories illustrating award ceremonies presided over by foreign dignitaries. The display panels are complemented by brief biographies of the award recipients and a map of the countries where they served and were honored.
Your guide will be: Ján Škoda, M.Sc.
After graduating from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (1981), he completed a two-year postgraduate program at the Department of Journalism at Charles University in Prague and two two-year postgraduate programs in English and French at JASPEX, Comenius University in Bratislava. Professionally, he worked in journalism as a foreign policy commentator for the daily Smena (1981–1986), deputy editor-in-chief of the daily Pravda (1997–2002), deputy editor-in-chief of the weekly Formát, and managing editor of the daily Pravda (2005). He began his career in Slovak diplomacy in 2006 as spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic (2006–2009). Later, he served as director of the Diplomatic Academy during the preparation of the civil service for the Slovak Republic’s EU Presidency (2013–2017). Abroad, he served as ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain, with accreditation to the Kingdom of Morocco and the Principality of Andorra (2009–2013). He was ambassador to Cyprus from 2017 to 2022. He is a recipient of the Spanish Order of Isabella the Catholic (2014). In 1988, he published a book of reportage titled Takú som ťa poznal, Nikaragua (That’s How I Knew You, Nicaragua).
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