SUMMARY-Wednesday, April 7, 2021 - 10 p.m.

BRATISLAVA - Schools will be among the first to be reopened, if Slovakia begins easing measures to contain the spread of coronavirus, said Education Minister Branislav Groehling (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) after talks with new Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLANO) on Wednesday. BRATISLAVA - Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Ivan Korcok in a talk with his Ukrainian opposite number Dmytro Kuleba on Wednesday expressed support for Ukraine concerning the current movements of Russian forces near the Ukrainian border. AMSTERDAM/BRATISLAVA - The formation of unusual blood clots should be perceived only as a "very rare side effect" of AstraZeneca vaccine against coronavirus and its health benefits still outweigh the risks, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) concluded on Wednesday. BRATISLAVA - Slovak Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky (an OLANO nominee) will take part in an extraordinary video conference of EU health ministers on Wednesday evening to discuss the AstraZenaca vaccine and its issue with blood clots, said Health Ministry spokesperson Zuzana Eliasova on the same day. KIEV - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, who spoke with Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Ivan Korcok on Wednesday, thanked Slovakia for support vis-a-vis the present movements of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border. bub