Romania's junior ruling party says ready to keep supporting coalition

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's junior ruling coalition party UNPR, under Deputy Prime Minister Gabriel Oprea, said in a statement on Wednesday it was willing to keep supporting the coalition government after the resignation of Prime Minister Victor Ponta. "We back our coalition further and are available to create a new government majority alongside the PSD (Ponta's Social Democrat party)," it said in the statement. The UNPR's support ensures a parliamentary majority for the coalition government. (Reporting by Radu Marinas; Editing by Hugh Lawson)