Over 380 events in 162 towns around the country and beyond will be held from 23 to 30 September as part of European Cultural Heritage Days. The topic this year is water, which makes Tolmin, located on the crossroads of the Soča and Tolminka rivers, a perfect host of Saturday's opening ceremony.

Slovenian Culture Minister Tone Peršak has travelled to China for the third ministerial forum on cultural cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC) taking place in Hanzhou until Sunday.

An exhibition on the life of Alma M. Karlin, a 20th century cosmopolitan and author known for her remarkable eight-year journey around the world, will open tonight at the Cankarjev dom arts centre. The exhibition marks 90 years since her return from the big trip, which she recorded in her journal.

European Jazz Conference 2017, running under the motto What if..., will get under way in Ljubljana on Thursday, focusing on how musicians can address the challenges of today. Bojan Z & Goran Bojčevski Project and Rabih Abou-Khalil Trio will open the conference with concerts.

An international choir festival dedicated to all victims of WWI will get under way near Nova Gorica on Thursday. Farewell to Arms, Welcome Song will feature four concerts by international professional choirs, as well as workshops, a symposium, an exhibition and amateur choirs singing along the battle lines of the Isonzo Front.

An exhibition opening at the National Gallery tonight will shed light on the life and work of the artist who decorated Ljubljana's most remarkable Art Nouveau building.

The Future Architecture Festival will kick off in Ljubljana on Wednesday as the culmination of the namesake pan-European platform whose goal it was to bring together architecture museums, festivals and producers in generating ideas on the future of cities and architecture.