Peer-to-peer ridesharing

Ride-hailing company Uber has decided to stop its XL service in Istanbul to ease tensions with taxi drivers in a months-long dispute.

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.

Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis appeared in an Athens court on Thursday as a witness for the defense of Attica taxi drivers' union (SATA) chief Thymios Lymberopoulos, who is being sued by the CEO of ride-hailing app Beat, Nick Drandakis, for slander.