Craiova Group

Craiova Group
Map of Europe indicating the member countries of the Craiova Group
Membership
Establishment 24 April 2015
Area
• Total
 569,594 km2 (219,921 sq mi)
Population
• 2011 estimate
 44,967,271
• Density
 78.9/km2 (204.4/sq mi)
GDP (PPP) estimate
• Total
 $1.0 trillion

The Craiova Group is a cooperation project of four European states – Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia – for the purposes of furthering their European integration as well as economic, transport and energy cooperation with one another. The Group originated in a summit meeting of the heads of governments, held on 24 April 2015 in the Romanian city of Craiova.[1][2] At the group's inaugural meeting, Romania's then-Prime Minister Victor Ponta indicated that he was inspired by the Visegrád Group.[1] Romania and Bulgaria both joined the European Union on 1 January 2007, while Serbia has been in accession negotiations since January 2014. Since October 2017 at the meeting in Varna, Bulgaria, with the inclusion of Greece, meetings have been quadrilateral. [3]

One of the first initiatives, after a meeting in Vidin, Bulgaria, was to strengthen the telecommunication networks in the border areas of the countries.[4] Other goals include helping Serbia join the European Union and the construction of a motorway linking Bucharest, Sofia and Belgrade.[1]

Greece has joined the meetings and initiatives of the Group alongside Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia[5][6][7][8][9][10].

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia Establish Craiova Group for Cooperation". Novinite. 24 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Vucic meets with Romanian and Bulgarian counterparts". B92. 24 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Prime Minister Mihai Tudose participated in the Romania - Bulgaria - Serbia - Greece quadrilateral meeting". gov.ro. 9 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "България, Румъния и Сърбия свързват телекомуникационните си мрежи" (in Bulgarian). Investor. 17 June 2015.
  5. ↑ https://www.opendemocracy.net/democraciaabierta/rodrigo-vaz/what-does-future-hold-for-southern-europe
  6. ↑ http://rbj.ucoz.ro/news/craiova_group_a_quadriatral_cooperation_formula_more_important_than_the_visegrad_group/2018-04-24-277
  7. ↑ http://www.balkaneu.com/joint-military-exercise-of-greece-bulgaria-romania-serbia-in-attica/
  8. ↑ https://sofiaglobe.com/2018/04/24/leaders-of-bulgaria-greece-romania-serbia-meet-in-bucharest-on-april-24/
  9. ↑ http://int.ert.gr/pm-tsipras-in-bucharest-for-greece-bulgaria-romania-serbia-meeting/
  10. ↑ http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-04/25/c_137134385_2.htm
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