Greece

Athens taxi drivers walked off the job on Tuesday in protest at what they call unfair competition from the Uber ride-hailing service. Cab drivers gathered outside their SATA union headquarters in downtown Athens in protest over the "illegal and arbitrary...

Greek police questioned a 24-year-old man on Monday, suspected of robbing several taxi drivers in Aghia Varvara, a western suburb of Athens. Another 24-year-old man is also suspected of having a connection with the same attacks. Police say that the...

Taxi Union Association of Athens (SATA) President Thymios Lymberopoulos lashed against taxi drivers who decided to collaborate with Uber, an American transport company that recently expanded to Greece. With two posts on SATA’s official Facebook page, Lymberopoulos expressed his dissatisfaction in...

The Greek Taxi Operators Association (SATA) threaten to strike during the summer season complaining about the heavy taxation, the massive debts to the Self Employed Workers’ Insurance Organization (OAEE), and the practices of some tourist agencies that offer their own...

The Greek Development Ministry is tweaking an ambitious piece of legislation aimed at attracting investments and accelerating those that are pending due to bureaucratic hurdles.  It emerged on Thursday as a controversial law opening up the taxi drivers' sector...

Striking Greek taxi owners have voted to continue their protest through Saturday, despite concern from the country’s tourism industry. After six-hour talks in Athens, the drivers’ trade associations said Wednesday that key demands had not been met by the country’s...

Striking taxi drivers offered free trips to thousands of tourists on Tuesday, taking them to archaeological sites as part of a three-week protest at government plans to deregulate their trade, while others took part in more conventional protests. Beginning at...

Taxi drivers have blocked major roads across Greece. Taxi owners occupied the country's longest suspension bridge at Rio in western Greece and blocked the Athens-Patras highway, also in the west. "I don't know how long it will last," taxi owner Panagiotis...

Taxi drivers are going to continue their strike and tourists are going to continue confronting difficulties. Taxi drivers think that the government was laughing at them and that no actual progress was made. Strikers are considering blocking the streets leading to...

 Cab drivers met with the Greek Minister of Transport, Yannis Ragousis, on Friday, 29 July. However, the meeting proved fruitless. As the head of the Attica cab driver’s union claimed, "the Minister was open to dialogue but refused to make commitments."...

  The General Supervisor of Public Management, Leandros Rakintzis asked the government to sue taxi drivers for allowing motorists to cross the tolls without paying. Taxi driver union members criticized Mr. Rakintzis, stating that he has no right to remain in...

  Instead of just blocking the roads and striking on the streets, taxi drivers opposed to the financial program and they asked for a direct meeting with the Prime Minister. Their rights have been trespassed through the applied law and they...

Athens - Striking tax drivers blocked roads leading to Greece's largest port and airport on Monday in a 48-hour protest at the government's plans to liberalise the sector. Traffic in the Greek capital was brought to a standstill outside the...

By Sylvia Klimaki Philoxenia is the Greek word synonymous with "hospitality" (it is literally translated as “friend to a stranger”) but it has a deeper, more profound meaning. In the ancient Greek world, showing love and friendship to your guest...

Greek media report, that the authorities are trying to stomp out the insulting gesture of the "moutza", at least when driving. It is reported, that the new Highway Code envisages fines for professional drivers, such as taxi, bus and truck...