Gabriel Oprea

Romanian Interior Minister Gabriel Oprea said on Monday that Bucharest will reject the European Commission's plan for national quotas for refugees.

"I have a clear mandate from the president and from the prime minister to politely refuse the EC request," Oprea said before leaving for Brussels, where EU interior ministers will hold a meeting on the refugee crisis.

National leader of the National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) Gabriel Oprea on Saturday told the attendees of the party's youth summer school at Costinesti that they are members of a party that matters, which they should accept with all responsibility.

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta will resume his activity in his capacity as prime minister from Thursday.

Ponta announced this in a written statement addressed to President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday, saying that he was returning to office after the causes preventing him from exercising his official duties have been removed.

Acting Prime Minister Gabriel Oprea says the Justice actions witness the stages in the development of a society, while also being an indicator of the national law enforcers' determination to defend fundamental rights and freedoms.

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg inaugurated a NATO Forces Integration Unit (NFIU) in Bucharest as part of his visit to Romania on Thursday.

Romania's opposition on Tuesday scored an important parliamentary victory when MPs backed its nomination of ex-premier Mihai Razvan Ungureanu as the next director of the Foreign Intelligence Service, SIE.

Gabriel Oprea is Romania's interim PMFoto: Wikipedia.com

Gabriel Oprea, 54, is temporarily replacing Victor Ponta, who is recovering from knee surgery in a Turkish clinic.

Romania's prime minister was slammed by opponents June 22 after requesting a month's medical leave in Turkey as prosecutors investigate him for alleged corruption.

Critics called Premier Victor Ponta a coward, saying he is using a knee operation to avoid the probe, which has plunged Romania into a political crisis.

Ponta announced on Sunday that he is asking President Klaus Iohannis for leave of "up to 45 days" as permitted by the Romanian constitution.

The leave follows surgery on Ponta's knee last week in Turkey. He left hospital on Sunday but said he needs weeks to recuperate.

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta has announced he is vacating the office for some time for health reasons.

A government statement quoted by state-owned AGERPRES news agency reads that a leave of "up to 45 days" will be requested by President Klaus Iohannis in a letter.

Ponta will request that his deputy Gabriel Oprea be named as his replacement for this period.