Location-based software

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

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.

Global ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc. will spend $3.1 billion to acquire Middle East rival Careem, buying dominance in a competitive region ahead of a hotly anticipated initial public offering.

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.

A three-member panel of the Supreme Administrative Court upheld the decision of the Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC), which banned Uber's business in Bulgaria and a fine of 200,000 levs was imposed on the two companies Uber B.V and Rasier Opportunities B.V.

Parliament Speaker Binali Yıldırım has said Turkey's ban on the ride-sharing app Uber "can be reviewed if required adjustments are made."

 Greek taxi drivers staged a 12-hour strike on Thursday over what they say is unfair competition from ride-hailing operators, in a sector still reeling from the country's financial crisis.

Greece imposed stricter regulations on the sector this year, including forcing app operators to apply for a permit and use licensed taxi drivers or face fines.

A taxi driver in Istanbul has been fined and banned from traffic for refusing to take a disabled passenger, local media reported.