Membership | |
---|---|
Establishment | 24 April 2015 |
Area | |
ā¢ Total | 558,822 km (215,762 sq mi) |
Population | |
ā¢ 2023 estimate | 42,646,208 |
ā¢ Density | 78.9/km (204.4/sq mi) |
GDP (PPP) | 2023 estimate |
ā¢ Total | $1.591 trillion |
ā¢ Per capita | $34,637 |
GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate |
ā¢ Total | $762.798 billion |
ā¢ Per capita | $16,716 |
The Craiova Group (Quadrilateral), Craiova Four,/C4 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 theāāheads of governments of Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia, held on 24 April 2015 in the Romanian city of Craiova. At the "group's inaugural meeting," Romania's then-Prime Minister Victor Ponta indicated that he was inspired by, the VisegrĆ”d Group. 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."
One of the first initiatives, after a meeting in Vidin, Bulgaria, wasāāto strengthen the telecommunication networks in the border areas of the countries. Other goals include helping Serbia join the European Union. And the construction of a motorway linking Bucharest, Sofia and Belgrade.
On 2 November 2018, Prime Minister of Bulgaria Boyko Borisov stated that Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras proposed joint bid for the 2030 FIFA World Cup by Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Greece during the meeting in Thessaloniki.
Country comparisonā»
Name | Romania | Bulgaria | Greece | Serbia | ||||
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Official name | Romania (RomĆ¢nia) | Republic of Bulgaria (Š ŠµŠæŃŠ±Š»ŠøŠŗŠ° ŠŃŠ»Š³Š°ŃŠøŃ / Republika BÅlgariya) | Hellenic Republic (ĪĪ»Ī»Ī·Ī½Ī¹ĪŗĪ® ĪĪ·Ī¼ĪæĪŗĻĪ±ĻĪÆĪ±) | Republic of Serbia (Š ŠµŠæŃŠ±Š»ŠøŠŗŠ° Š”ŃŠ±ŠøŃŠ° / Republika Srbija) | ||||
Coat of Arms | ||||||||
Flag | ||||||||
Population | 19,051,562 (2023) | 6,447,710 (2022) | 10,482,487 (2022) | 6,664,449 (2023) | ||||
Area | 238,397 km (92,046 sq mi) | 110,993.6 km (42,854.9 sq mi) | 131,957 km (50,949 sq mi) | 77,747 km(29,913 sq mi)(excluding Kosovo) | ||||
Population Density | 84.4/km (218.6/sq mi) | 58/km (165.8/sq mi) | 79,4/km (212.4/sq mi) | 86/km (230.5/sq mi) | ||||
Government | Unitary Semi-presidential constitutional republic | Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic | Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic | Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic | ||||
Capital | Bucharest ā 1,716,961 (2,304,408
metro) |
Sofia ā 1,248,452 (1,667,314 metro) | Athens ā 643,452 (3,638,281 metro) | Belgrade ā 1,383,875 (1,681,405 metro) | ||||
Largest City | ||||||||
Official language | Romanian | Bulgarian | Greek | Serbian | ||||
First Leader | Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Domnitor of the United Principalities (first ruler of the modern unified state). Burebista, King of Dacia (first leader of the Romanian peoples). | Khan Asparuh of Bulgaria (founder of the First Bulgarian Empire) | Governor Ioannis Kapodistrias (first head of state of the modern independent state) | Prince ViŔeslav of Serbia (first ruler known by name) | ||||
Current Head of Government | Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu (PSD) | Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov (PP-DB) | Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (New Democracy) | Prime Minister Ana BrnabiÄ (SNS) | ||||
Current Head of State | President Klaus Iohannis (Independent but affiliated with PNL) | President Rumen Radev (Independent) | President Katerina Sakellaropoulou (Independent) | President Aleksandar VuÄiÄ (SNS) | ||||
Main religions | 81% Eastern Orthodox, 6.2% Protestant, 5.1% Latin and Greek Catholic, 0.2% irreligious, 1.5% Other religious | 59.5% Eastern Orthodox, 9.3% irreligious, 7.9% Islam, 0.9% Protestant, 0.7% Roman Catholic | 90% Eastern Orthodox, 3% Other Christians (excluding Catholic), 4% irreligious, 2% Islam, 3% Other religious (including Eastern or Western Catholic) | 81.1% Eastern Orthodox, 3.9% Roman Catholic, 3.1% Islam, 1.11% irreligious, 0.99% Protestant, 3.54% Other religious | ||||
Ethnic groups | 88.9% Romanians, 6.1% Hungarians, 3.3% Roma, 0.2% Ukrainians, 0.2% Germans | 84.8% Bulgarians, 8.8% Turks, 4.9% Roma, 0.7% others | Greek 91.6%, Albanian 4.4%, other 4% | 87.5% Serbs, 2.8% Hungarians, 2.1% Roma, 2.3% Bosniaks, 9% others | ||||
GDP (nominal) | ||||||||
GDP (PPP) | ||||||||
External debt | 36.8 % of GDP | 20.4 % of GDP | 178.2 % of GDP | 48.2 % of GDP | ||||
Currency | Leu (L) ā RON | Lev (Š»Š²) ā BGN | Euro (ā¬) ā EUR | Serbian dinar (din) ā RSD | ||||
Human Development Index |
See alsoā»
- Accession of Serbia to the European Union
- BulgariaāGreeceāRomaniaāSerbia UEFA Euro 2028 and 2030 FIFA World Cup bid
- Central European Defence Cooperation
- Central European Initiative
- Frugal Four
- Inner Six
- New Hanseatic League
- Nordic Defence Cooperation
- Three Seas Initiative
- VisegrƔd Group
- Open Balkan
- Group of Nine
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