Taxicab

Joy and dismay greeted the arrival on Wednesday in Romania of the increasingly popular car-sharing service UberX, which aims to provide alternative and cheap transportation services.

UberX, a smartphone application that connects passengers to car drivers willing to provide transport services for a small fee, was launched in Bucharest.

Popular web-based taxi firm Uber went into damage control mode Dec. 15, offering free rides to passengers fleeing an armed siege in Sydney after earlier hiking prices upwards of Aus$100 (US$82).
      

The bodies of two men were retrieved by members of rescue teams in Thessaloniki and Kiklis, northern Greece, following heavy rainfall in the area, raising the number of dead to four since last Saturday.

The first victim, a 44-year-old man, was reportedly swept up by the River Gallikos in his efforts to cross the river on foot.

Uber, the mobile app for ride sharing and car hiring has launched operations in Sofia.

According to the official information, the fare per kilometre is BGN 0.4 - about half as cheap as the fares of the regular taxi companies. The initial fee is BGN 0.7, the fee for one minute of stay is BGN 0.2. The cancellation fee is BGN 3. The minimum fare is also BGN 3.

The taxi driver who helped 31-year-old Arber Bako flee from a bar in Piraeus where he injured more than 10 people after opening fire with an AK-47 on Saturday morning told police on Friday that he was forced to carry his passenger at gunpoint.

By Dimitra Manifava

Smartphone and tablet app Uber has arrived in Greece, allowing non-professional drivers to turn their private cars into taxis and offer transport services, despite having drawn a strong reaction from cabbies.

With Istanbul’s taxi system set to be centralized as of next year, many of the city’s taxi drivers are unhappy with the changes, claiming that the new system will be to their disadvantage

Police have busted a phony VIP taxi service in Greece that was using the bank accounts of homeless people to collect deposits from cab drivers.

Police spokesman Christos Parthenis said Monday that seven people have been arrested.

The app, which connects customers with the nearest available taxi, began operating in Istanbul last year and now has 650,000 downloads

The first team of taxi drivers paramedics will cruise the streets of Bulgaria’s capital city of Sofia as of September 1, Monday.

So far, the program includes 15 fully equipped vehicles which can be used for the provision of medical assistance in case of car crashes and other accidents, Bulgarian National Radio informed.