Taxicab

The Attica taxi owners' union, SATA, made no secret of its political affiliations on Friday, saying the government formed after July's national election must uphold legislative changes introduced by the SYRIZA-led administration over the last four years that have benefited their sector.

Attica taxi drivers' union (SATA) chief Thymios Lymberopoulos has expressed his support for Greece's leftist government ahead of municipal and European Parliament Elections.

Taxi drivers will be able to install points of sale (PoS) devices in their vehicles with the introduction of new legislation that will also bring changes to popular taxi-hailing apps like Beat.

With the installation of PoS devices customers will be able to pay for their taxi fare with a debit or credit card.

Officials of Uber Romania ridesharing company say they want a collaboration with the local taxi industry, given that many taxi drivers are already using the company's application, emphasising the consumer's right to choose from among various transport options. "We want to collaborate with the taxi industry as we do in other countries.

Ride-hailing company Uber has decided to scale down some of its operations in Turkey amid rows between the regular yellow taxi drivers and Uber drivers.

Turkey's taxi drivers have stopped using Careem, the biggest ride-hailing app in the Middle East, following Uber's decision to acquire the service, with which the drivers have been in feud for months.

The union representing Attica taxi drivers, SATA, has proposed that a cabbie be deprived of his license after forcing an injured woman out of his car on Thursday because he feared getting his vehicle dirty.

Describing the driver's behavior as "not only unprofessional but inhuman," SATA called on the Transport Ministry to withdraw his license and ban him from driving a taxi.

The Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has decided to check the Russian taxi-service Maxim for unfair competition on the Bulgarian market. The case study was formed on Wednesday and no temporary measures against the activity of Russian Uber in Bulgaria have been imposed.

63-year-old man was killed in the region of Razgrad - Dyankovo ​​village. This was announced by the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Interior-Razgrad.
 

The union of Attica taxi owners, SATA, on Tuesday announced a four-hour work stoppage for the afternoon of Tuesday, February 26.

Taxi owners will be withdrawing their vehicles from service from 2-6 p.m. in order to attend a general assembly at downtown Karaiskaki Square ahead of elections for a new union leadership in April.