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Romanian tennis player Simona Halep will play Australian Lizette Cabrera in the first round of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, which will start on Monday in Melbourne, according to the draw on Friday. 2020 semi-finalist Halep, 29, will meet for the first time wildcard Cabrera, 23, world number 140.

Romania leads Canada 2-0 in the Fed Cup World Group II first-round tie, after Irina Begu (WTA's 37th) clinched the victory against Bianca Andreescu 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2 (173 WTA) in the second rubber of the day played at the Cluj Napoca Multipurpose Hall.

Romania's Sorana Cirstea, WTA 38th, defeated on Saturday 6-2, 6-2 Canadian Carol Zhao (138th WTA), bringing Romania a 1 - 0 lead over Canada after the first match of the Fed Cup World Group II first-round tie played on the indoor hard court of the Cluj Napoca Multipurpose Hall.

Conditions at Romania's detention facilities are improving, but at a painfully slow pace, and there is a very strong resistance to change on the part of the relevant bodies under the authority of the Interior Ministry, according to Executive Director Maria-Nicoleta Andreescu of the APADOR-CH human rights watchdog who on Thursday unveiled a report on a fact-fining visit to three pretrial detenti

BELGRADE - Sinisa Dragin's documentary film Forest has won the award for the most innovative feature length film at the international festival Visions du Reel 2014 in Nyon.

Starting with a mysterious report, Dragin analyzes historyin an original and slightly humorous way in his film.