Legality of ridesharing companies by jurisdiction

Uber Boat in Greece will expand its boat services from the island of Mykonos, where it launched last year, to Athens, Corfu and Santorini, allowing visitors to travel to beach clubs and reach remote locales, the company said.

Following police checks in Athens earlier this week, seven taxi drivers were arrested over a collective 186 total offenses, police said on Thursday.

Four of the drivers were found to possess counterfeit taxi licenses, two were caught to have collected higher fares than allowed, and one was found to have interfered with the receipt issuing device, preventing it from operating.

Uber has started offering hot balloon rides in touristic Cappadocia, renowned for its natural formations, underground and aboveground cities, as well as its fairy chimneys.

"Starting this week, Uber Balloon will be available in the UNESCO World Heritage Göreme National Park, and riders can book directly in the app via Uber Reserve," the company said in a statement on Oct. 24.

Amid complaints of citizens against taxi drivers favoring tourists over them, refusing short-distance rides, or misbehaving, Istanbul police have suspended several taxi drivers from traffic for 10 days with heavy fines due to non-compliance with regulations during an inspection in Eminönü district.

Taxi drivers on Rhodes have said they are determined to escalate protests after more than 200 taxi drivers gathered at the island's port to block the disembarkation of about 25 cars they say are from a company that cooperates with Uber.

Local authorities in Istanbul have fined more than 5,000 taxi and minibus drivers who did not comply with the rules, with a total of 2.8 million liras ($208,000) in 2021 in a response to frequent complaints coming from residents and tourists.

Ljubljana – Trade unionists have came out against legislative amendments that would provide the legal basis for ride hailing platforms such as Uber arguing they often violate labour rights. Refuting the charge, Infrastructure Minister Jernej Vrtovec said the goal was to make transport services cheaper and more modern.

Ljubljana, 25 February – Following protests by taxi drivers over the requirement that they be tested for the novel coronavirus every 72 hours, the government decided on Wednesday that, from now on, they will need to get tested only once a week. This also applies to drivers in public passenger transport and staff in railway transport.

U.S.-based ridesharing service Uber announced on early Jan. 13 that the access to its mobile application in Turkey has reopened after a decision by the Court of Appeals, paving the way for the company to relaunch operations.

The Court of Appeals overturned a local court's decision that blocked access to the U.S.-based ridesharing service Uber's mobile application in Turkey, in a move that could see the company resume its operations in the country.