Craiova Group

Craiova Group
Map of Europe indicating the member countries of the Craiova Group
Membership		Bulgaria  Romania  Serbia
Establishment		24 April 2015
Area
•	Total	426,589 km^2 164,707 sq mi
Population
•	2011 estimate	34,673,073
•	Density	81.2/km^2 210.3/sq mi
GDP (PPP)		estimate
•	Total	$674.1 billion

The Craiova Group is a cooperation project of three European states – Romania, Bulgaria 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] Romania and Bulgaria both joined the European Union on 1 January 2007, while Serbia has been in accession negotiations since January 2014.

One of the first initiatives, after a meeting in Vidin, Bulgaria, was to strengthen the telecommunication networks in the border areas of the countries.^[3]

References

1. "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. "България, Румъния и Сърбия свързват телекомуникационните си мрежи" (in Bulgarian). Investor. 17 June 2015.