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The global ride-hailing service Uber appears to have established itself in Greece unofficially, with an undetermined number of drivers, but there is no legal framework to regulate those drivers' activities.

Croatian taxi drivers blocked roads and hindered access to airports in Zagreb, Split and Dubrovnik on Friday, causing maximum inconvenience at the peak of the touristic season.

A new mobile transportation initiative by the Istanbul municipality has drawn angry reaction from the public over enabling audio and video recording in cabs during travels, with legal experts describing the move as a "violation of the right to privacy."

Maintenance and housekeeping work on a number of key roads in Thessaloniki will cause some disruptions to traffic from Monday through Friday, authorities have said.

The areas that will be mainly affected are the Oraiokastro interchange and the highway between Thessaloniki and Nea Moudiana.

I have been writing "technology is politics" for years but only now are political columnists jumping on the bandwagon. Any technological progress, any new device, any new service cannot be evaluated on its own. Technology is very much intertwined with society, economics, military and politics.  

Uber said on June 21 its embattled chief executive Travis Kalanick has agreed to step down from his job.
 
Kalanick had already been on a leave of absence aimed at restoring confidence in the scandal-plagued ridesharing giant.
 
The New York Times reported earlier on June 21 that five of the company's major investors had demanded his departure.
 

Uber director David Bonderman has resigned from the company's board following a remark he made during an Uber staff meeting on June 13 that was widely seen as offensive to women, according to a source familiar with the matter.
   

Ride-hailing firm Uber provides a transport service and therefore must be licensed to operate like any other taxi company, according to an adviser to the European Union's top court.

Uber faces the biggest challenge yet to its European roll-out after the region’s top court was advised to rule that the U.S. ride-hailing firm is actually a transport service not an app.

U.S. ride-hailing app Uber told Europe's top court on April 24 that it was a digital service, not a transport service, and that a French law clearly targeted online taxi services, in its latest European legal battle with the taxi industry.