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Overall in 2019, new-car registrations increased by 1.2% across the European Union, reaching more than 15.3 million units in total and marking the sixth consecutive year of growth. The year started on weak footing due to the lasting impact of the introduction of the WLTP test in September 2018.

Italian-American carmaker Fiat Chrysler confirmed this morning that it is negotiating a merger with the French car group PSA, which owns Peugeot, France Press and DPA reported.

Around 12:30 yesterday, on Trakia Motorway, Sofia traffic police officers pulled over Peugeot Bipper driven by a Turkish citizen, said the Ministry of the Interior press office. In the vehicle, the officers found six foreign nationals, three of whom minors, all without identity papers.

Across Iran's capital, rush-hour traffic always grinds to a halt, a sea of boxy Renault four-doors and Peugeot coupes all idling their way through the streets of Tehran.

The Flux Laboratory, in cooperation with the Greek government and the Swiss Embassy in Athens, has organized an exhibition of portraits of refugees by renowned photographer Mark Henley, marking World Refugee Day on June 20. Henley has twice won the Swiss Photographer of the Year award with work focusing on issues varying from banking to the Iran nuclear negotiations.

European car sales edged up in February, helped by strong gains for French brand Peugeot , solid demand in Germany and France, and double-digit increases in Spain and the Netherlands, industry data showed.

Iran signed the country's biggest-ever car deal with French multinational automobile manufacturer Groupe Renault on Aug. 7 to produce 150,000 cars, beginning in 2018.

The French automaker Peugeot-Citroen completed the acquisition of the European assets of the US giant General Motors, including the German Opel and British Vauxhall, reported Associated Press.

At 19.45pm on the 132 km of Trakia highway near Plovdiv yesterday, nine Bulgarian citizens and five illegally staying foreigners from Syria and Iraq were detained yesterday.

French carmaker Renault posted record vehicle sales for the first half as a sustained product offensive lifted global deliveries by 10.4 percent - with a well-timed China SUV launch and a renewed push into Iran both contributing.