https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Uber said on Friday it had resumed operations in Vienna, two days after a court ruling took the ride-hailing service off the road following a complaint from a local taxi firm. https://www.thelocal.at/20180428/uber Sat, 28 Apr 2018 11:27:32 +0200 uber Ride-hailing service Uber said it was suspending operations in Vienna on Wednesday after a court upheld a complaint against its business practices brought by a local taxi company. https://www.thelocal.at/20180426/uber-suspends-operations-in-vienna-after-court-ruling Fri, 27 Apr 2018 00:52:51 +0200 uber-suspends-operations-in-vienna-after-court-ruling Hundreds of protesting taxi drivers brought much of Austria's capital city almost to a standstill on Friday afternoon, as part of protests against Uber. https://www.thelocal.at/20160401/vienna-taxis-protest-uber-as-unfair Fri, 01 Apr 2016 16:47:29 +0200 vienna-taxis-protest-uber-as-unfair Some users of the ride-sharing app Uber have taken to social media to complain about the high fares they were quoted and charged in the hours around the start of the new year in Vienna. https://www.thelocal.at/20160105/uber-customers-complain-of-new-year-price-surge Tue, 05 Jan 2016 11:30:27 +0100 uber-customers-complain-of-new-year-price-surge Vienna's taxi drivers held a protest on Tuesday in Mariahilferstrasse against the US online ride coordination service Uber, claiming it will damage their business. https://www.thelocal.at/20140910/austrian-taxi-drivers-protest-against-uber Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:37:00 +0200 austrian-taxi-drivers-protest-against-uber Outlawed in Germany, the smartphone app that seeks to replace taxis with private drivers has seen a surge in demand in Austria's capital city. https://www.thelocal.at/20140903/uber-threat-to-vienna-taxi-profits Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:08:00 +0200 uber-threat-to-vienna-taxi-profits