A major theatre production, 2020, directed by Ivica Buljan based on writings by contemporary Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari, will open at Cankarjev Dom in Ljubljana on Saturday. The scientific vaudeville is focusing on human evolution and fate in a "clever, entertaining and educational" manner.

Another sunny day is expected in Slovenia on Friday before the weather turns sour on the weekend. Morning fog will be possible in some low-lying areas, especially Pomurje in the north-east, where it could linger throughout the day.

An exhibition launched in Maribor on Thursday tells about the hardship of some 2,300 people from Slovenia who were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, some 1,300 never to return.

The risk of a novel deadly coronavirus appearing in Slovenia has been assessed as relatively low, but Slovenian authorities have advised caution when travelling to China, where the virus has spread from.

An international conference dedicated to cancer treatment with proton therapy was held at the Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana on Thursday. The experts presented proposals to set up two proton therapy centres, a Slovenian and a regional one, whose location has not been picked yet.

Another sunny day is expected in Slovenia on Friday before the weather turns sour on the weekend. Morning fog will be possible in some low-lying areas, especially Pomurje in the north-east, where it could linger throughout the day.

It will be mostly clear on Thursday after morning fog or low cloud disperse in low-lying areas, expect in the north-east, where they could persist a bit longer. Following a freezing morning, it will will warm up to 2-8 degrees Celsius, up to an almost balmy 12 in Primorska, west, where a weak bora wind will start to blow.