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A successful Greek company has filed a lawsuit against the head of the taxi drivers' union (SATA), accusing him of spreading "slanderous, false and abusive claims" to harm the firm's reputation.

Ride-hailing app Uber said on Dec. 4 it was joining a global public transport association to improve mobility in the cities it operates in.

Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank has reached a deal with Uber to invest billions in the ride-hailing giant.

Uber has struck a deal with NASA to develop software for managing “flying taxi” routes in the air along the lines of ride-hailing services it has pioneered on the ground, the company said on Nov. 7.

A Transport Ministry bill aimed at regulating the taxi sector following the emergence of ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Beat is raising concerns over the true intentions of the country's leftist-led government. 

The Transport Ministry is drafting legislation that is purportedly designed to regulate ride-hailing services such as Beat and Uber but that would effectively make it harder for them to compete with Greek taxi drivers.

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.

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.

A federal investigation is allegedly underway into the ride service, Uber's use of a secret software, 'Greyball,' which is claimed was used to evade regulatory authorities in places where its ride-hailing service was banned or restricted.