Klaus Iohannis

Romania's president on Nov. 5 appointed Education Minister Sorin Campeanu as interim prime minister to replace Victor Ponta, who quit following mass anti-government protests sparked by a deadly nightclub fire.

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta's resignation on Nov. 4, after a deadly nightclub blaze, has failed to stop tens of thousands from taking to the streets for a second night.

Sorin Cîmpeanu will be Romania's new interim PM after Victor Ponta stepped down on Wednesday, state-run Agerpres agency has said.

President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday appointed Cîmpeanu, who until now was Ministry of Education.

Ponta stepped down on Wednesday morning after a deadly incident at a Bucharest nightclub triggered mass street protests against his government.

At least 30 000 people took to the streets of Romanian cities again on Wednesday, hours after the resignation of Prime Minister Victor Ponta's government.

Demonstrators blamed the incident at the Collectiv club in Bucharest which killed 32 people and injured hundreds last week.

Leaders of nine states of Central and Eastern Europe on Wednesday expressed grave concern over what they see as Russia's "continuing aggressive posturing" and military build-up from the Baltics to Syria, Reuters reported.

President Iohannis has to nominate a new PM | Photo: Pro TV. 

Leaders of Romania's main parties are to be invited to the presidential residence to start talks on the appointment of a new prime minister, after Victor Ponta resigned on Wednesday.

Ponta quit following mass protests over the nightclub fire that killed 32 young people.

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta announced the resignation of his government on Nov 4 following huge protests in the wake of a nightclub fire that killed more than 30 people.

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.

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 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.