Craiova Group

Craiova Group
Map of Europe indicating the member countries of the 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 km2 164,707 sq mi
Population
•	2011 estimate	34,673,073
•	Density	81.2/km2 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. 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.