Bucharest

More than 20 000 people protested in Bucharest on Tuesday, calling on the government of Prime Minister Victor Ponta to resign over the recent fire and explosion at the Colectiv night club in Bucharest last week, which left 32 young people dead and hundreds injured.

Heads of State of NATO member countries from Central and Eastern Europe will convene at a summit at the Cotroceni Palace in Bucharest on Wednesday.

Bulgaria will be represented by President Rosen Plevneliev, who is on an official visit to Bucharest for participation in the summit, the press service of the presidency informs.

Over 20,000 people late on Tuesday marched towards government headquarters in Bucharest, demanding cabinet resignations following the death of 32 young people after a blaze started by fireworks at a rock concert last week.

The number of people who lost their lives in a fire and a stampede in a nightclub in Bucharest, Romania on Friday has reached 32.

Romanian prosecutors questioned on Monday the three owners of the Colectiv nightclub in Bucharest over a fire that has killed 30 people and left injured at least 180 others, AP reported.

Nine countries from Central and Eastern Europe are to use a NATO pre-summit meeting in Bucharest, Romania, to deliver a common message on the need to strengthen the eastern border of the Alliance.

The summit, which starts on November 4, will be co-chaired by NATO's Deputy Secretary General, Alexander Vershbow, Romania's President, Klaus Iohannis, and Poland's President, Andrzej Duda.

The number of people killed in Romanian club fire reached 30, as three more died on Sunday. Hospital sources said dozens others were in critical condition.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevenliev and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov expressed condolences to their Romanian and Russian counterparts over the two recent tragic events, which befell the citizens of the two countries.

An explosion and fire engulfed a nightclub in the Romanian capital of Bucharest on Friday, which left 27 people dead and hundreds injured.

The number of victims affected by the explosion and fire, which engulfed a nightclub in the Romanian capital of Bucharest on Friday, has risen.

According to the latest reports, the fire claimed the lives of 27 people, another 184 were transported to hospital for treatment, while 146 remain admitted for further treatment, AGERPRES news agency informs.

At least 26 people have lost their lives after an fire and an explosion in a disco club in Bucharest, Romania.

Another 145 have been taken to hospital, Agerpres agency quotes the head of the Interior Ministry's emergency situations department, Raed Arafat, as saying.