Taxi

The requirement for taxis to be equipped with emergency buttons, along with vehicle tracking and monitoring systems, has come to the fore once more following the publication of a regulation amending the highway traffic law in the Official Gazette.

Taxi drivers in Bulgaria have warned of a nationwide blockade before the Christmas and New Year holidays if their demands for the restoration of civil liability insurance to previous levels are not met by December 15. The planned blockades will affect key highways, including Trakia, Hemus, and Struma, as well as border crossings.

More than 1,200 taxis caused a blockade on the "Trakia" highway near Plovdiv, specifically at the 121st kilometer.

Taxi drivers from over 50 cities across Bulgaria came together for a national protest against the sharp rise in the cost of mandatory "Civil Liability" insurance.

Taxi drivers across Bulgaria are set to stage a nationwide protest tomorrow, voicing dissatisfaction with the rising costs of mandatory "Civil Liability" insurance. The protest, organized by the National Association for the Protection of Carriers and Taxi Drivers (NAZPTV), is expected to significantly impact traffic in 30 cities.

A tourist has taken to Reddit to ask if he was ripped off by a Greek taxi driver who charged him 160 euros for a ride from Athens Airport to Piraeus.

Taxi owners' associations have appealed to the Council of State, Greece's highest administrative court, against a ministerial decision mandating that all taxis display POS stickers on their back side windows.

Taxi drivers have been given a three-week deadline to place special adhesive signs on the rear-right window of their vehicles informing customers that they accept card payments.

The Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) delivered the signs to the Panhellenic Taxi Federation on Tuesday, requesting that they be distributed to cabbies.

Two gruesome murders related to drug trafficking – involving two minors as both the perpetrator and the victim – have shaken Marseille.

One involves the murder of a taxi driver by a 14-year-old boy, who was hired to avenge the killing of a 15-year-old. That 15-year-old had been stabbed dozens of times by a drug gang operating in the city.

A 55-year-old taxi driver has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a transgender woman.

From October 30, taxi drivers who do have not affixed a special sticker informing customers that the driver is required to accept card payments and issue a receipt will face a fine of 1,000 euros.