Prime Minister Robert Golob said he was shocked at the knife attack that happened at a primary school in Zagreb earlier in the day leaving a seven-year-old dead and five others injured, including three children. He expressed his condolences to Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has filed criminal charges against a doctor working for a hospital in Slovenia on suspicion of abuse of power and trafficking of medicines and illegal drugs, NBI director Darko Muženič said on Friday.

The ministers of foreign affairs and higher education, science and innovation, Tanja Fajon and Igor Papič, have signed an agreement under which Slovenian diplomatic representations and consulates will take part in the promotion of the country's science, innovation and research.

Science Minister Igor Papič and Špela Miroševič, the head of a foundation developing a treatment for the the CTNNB1 syndrome, signed on Friday an agreement under which the state will co-fund pre-clinical and clinical studies for the gene therapy Urbagen, named after Miroševič's son Urban, who has the syndrome.

Saturday is forecast to be mostly sunny, while fog will persist in some basis. Morning lows will hit around -10 degrees Celsius in Alpine valleys and in parts of the Notranjska region in the south, while -6 to 1 degrees are expected in the rest of the country. Day-time highs will range from zero to 9 degrees.

The Association of Radiologists has responded to the government's decision to lower the prices of radiology services, saying that the move will not address staff shortages. It will, however, lead to radiologists being even more overworked and longer waiting periods for some services, while underpriced services will only be available out-of-pocket.

Remnants of rain and snow will gradually peter out by early Friday afternoon. A strong northerly wind is forecast for north Slovenia, with a moderate to strong bora pounding western regions.