https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Barcelona-based association of taxi drivers on Thursday announced it would lodge a legal complaint against ride-hailing services Uber and Cabify for fraud and other offences. https://www.thelocal.es/20190524/barcelona-taxi-drivers Fri, 24 May 2019 11:49:21 +0200 barcelona-taxi-drivers Spanish ride-hailing service Cabify said Wednesday it will return to Barcelona, a month after it suspended its services in Spain's second-largest city due to strict new regulations. https://www.thelocal.es/20190307/spains-cabify-to-return-to-barcelona-despite-restrictions Thu, 07 Mar 2019 12:43:45 +0100 spains-cabify-to-return-to-barcelona-despite-restrictions US ride-hailing service Uber and its main Spanish rival Cabify said Thursday they were suspending their services in Barcelona after local authorities passed new rules which severely restrict how they operate in the city. https://www.thelocal.es/20190131/uber-and-cabify-suspend-services-in-barcelona-due-to-new-regulations Thu, 31 Jan 2019 13:46:44 +0100 uber-and-cabify-suspend-services-in-barcelona-due-to-new-regulations Uber and Cabify on Wednesday threatened to cease operations in Barcelona after the regional government unveiled new regulations which will severely restrict ride-hailing services, as taxis upped the pressure with a tense strike. https://www.thelocal.es/20190123/uber-and-cabify-threaten-to-pull-out-of-barcelona-over-new-ride-hailing-restrictions Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:30:53 +0100 uber-and-cabify-threaten-to-pull-out-of-barcelona-over-new-ride-hailing-restrictions A taxi driver protesting in Madrid against Uber-like services was seriously hurt in a car accident on Tuesday as a strike continued in the Spanish capital and Barcelona with sporadic clashes. https://www.thelocal.es/20190123/taxi-driver-badly-hurt-in-spains-anti-uber-strike Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:16:02 +0100 taxi-driver-badly-hurt-in-spains-anti-uber-strike Madrid taxi drivers began an open-ended strike Monday against online ride-hailing services like Uber, joining their counterparts in Barcelona who walked off the job three days ago. https://www.thelocal.es/20190122/spanish-taxi-strike-against-app-services-spreads-to-madrid Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:29:09 +0100 spanish-taxi-strike-against-app-services-spreads-to-madrid Uber and Cabify drivers are set to protest in Madrid on Thursday against a planned government decree they fear could threaten some 60,000 jobs, one of Spain's main unions said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180926/uber-and-cabify-drivers-poised-for-protest-in-madrid Wed, 26 Sep 2018 17:48:57 +0200 uber-and-cabify-drivers-poised-for-protest-in-madrid Taxi drivers in Madrid went on strike Saturday in solidarity with Barcelona cabbies protesting against "unfair competition" from Uber and Cabify. https://www.thelocal.es/20180728/madrid-taxis-join-barcelona-strike-against-uber-and-cabify Sat, 28 Jul 2018 17:45:37 +0200 madrid-taxis-join-barcelona-strike-against-uber-and-cabify Taxi drivers across Spain are on strike today in protest against “unfair competition” from new car sharing companies such as Uber and Cabify. https://www.thelocal.es/20170530/spains-taxi-drivers-strike-over-uber-and-cabify Tue, 30 May 2017 13:07:03 +0200 spains-taxi-drivers-strike-over-uber-and-cabify Uber returns to Spain with the launch of a new service using professionally licensed drivers. https://www.thelocal.es/20160330/uber-returns-to-spain-taxis Wed, 30 Mar 2016 13:02:17 +0200 uber-returns-to-spain-taxis The car-sharing app was banned in December 2014 but is hoping to make a comeback in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20151113/uber-starts-from-scratch-in-spain-with-hopes-to-overturn-ban Fri, 13 Nov 2015 16:25:46 +0100 uber-starts-from-scratch-in-spain-with-hopes-to-overturn-ban The Spanish startup is embroiled in a legal battle against taxi drivers, who want the service to be banned, much like rival app Uber. https://www.thelocal.es/20151105/cabify-insists-were-not-cabs-to-avoid-ban-in-spain Thu, 05 Nov 2015 14:40:16 +0100 cabify-insists-were-not-cabs-to-avoid-ban-in-spain Spanish taxi drivers are calling for a "precautionary" suspension of one of Spain’s most successful new startups, days after it secured a multi-million euro funding. https://www.thelocal.es/20151019/taxi-drivers-call-on-spanish-courts-to-suspend-cabify Mon, 19 Oct 2015 13:58:43 +0200 taxi-drivers-call-on-spanish-courts-to-suspend-cabify