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Bulgaria is Europe's first in detained and convicted traffickers, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said.
 
Borisov held a meeting with Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder, who was on a visit, and two discussed bilateral co-operation in the areas of home affairs, security, economy and finance as well as many other topics on the European agenda.

At the order of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Rumen Porozhanov on 30th of April requested the resignation of Deputy Executive Director of the State Fund Agriculture (SFA), Ivanka Bagdatova-Mizova, reports BNT. 

Our countries have proved that they can be the "at the steering wheel of the European Union," Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said during the Together for Europe plenary session in Warsaw on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the beginning of the great enlargement of the European Union.

Some 1,600 Bulgarian children receive support under the Hot Meal Programme annually, the head of the fundraising unit of the Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC), Ekaterina Borisova, told Focus Radio's Good morning, Bulgaria. 

We approve a transfer for UNWE in Sofia, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced at the beginning of the government meeting.

Last week we were there at the university, we said everything. Our commitment is BGN 7.5 million. Today we voted for it, I hope you support us, said the Prime Minister.

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov spoke about US subsidies for the more expensive US gas to be delivered to Bulgaria. The idea was announced after a conference on alternative sources of natural gas in Sofia, where he spoke to Tom Pyle at the Institute for Energy Research in Washington, in the words of Prime Minister he is an advisor to President Donald Trump.

Despite the disturbing circumstances of the construction of the new corps of the University of National and World Economy (UNWE) with European funds, on Tuesday the government will allocate the necessary BGN 7.5 million, which the state has committed as co-financing of the project.

The construction of a new 134 km of the Hemus highway in the section between Boisa and the road I-5 Ruse - Veliko Tarnovo starts.

Record quantities of detained heroin, marijuana, cocaine and synthetic drugs are reported, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced during a National meeting of the MoI leadership. Smuggling cigarettes is known to have dropped below 5%, he added.

Deputy Minister of Economy Alexander Manolev resigned after talking with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, reported NOVA TV. 

As a motive for his decision, Mr Manolev highlights the beginning of the inspections of the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor's Office on media publications and his desire not to affect the work of the government.