https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Taxi drivers across Italy are on strike all day on Tuesday, as unions protest against competition from Uber and other new rivals. https://www.thelocal.it/20171121/italy-taxi-drivers-strike Tue, 21 Nov 2017 11:53:20 +0100 italy-taxi-drivers-strike Taxi drivers across Italy will go on strike on November 7th in protest over delays by the transport ministry to update regulations governing private car hire services. https://www.thelocal.it/20171006/italian-taxi-drivers-to-stage-national-strike-on-november-7th Fri, 06 Oct 2017 17:26:55 +0200 italian-taxi-drivers-to-stage-national-strike-on-november-7th A court in Rome has lifted a ban blocking the Uber Black service across Italy, which had been in place since April 7th. https://www.thelocal.it/20170526/italian-rome-court-lifts-uber-black-ban-taxis-app Fri, 26 May 2017 17:56:36 +0200 italian-rome-court-lifts-uber-black-ban-taxis-app Taxi drivers were striking between 8am and 10pm on Thursday as part of an ongoing row over perceived perks for non-official car hire services. https://www.thelocal.it/20170323/taxis-go-on-strike-across-italy-over-uber-benefits Thu, 23 Mar 2017 12:32:06 +0100 taxis-go-on-strike-across-italy-over-uber-benefits Following a six-day strike last month which led to disruption across the country, Italy's taxi drivers have announced an official nationwide strike in protest over perceived perks for Uber and over unofficial car-hire services. https://www.thelocal.it/20170314/italian-taxi-drivers-announce-new-day-of-strikes Tue, 14 Mar 2017 12:27:03 +0100 italian-taxi-drivers-announce-new-day-of-strikes Taxi drivers in Italy striking over delays to legislation regulating Uber and car-hire services stopped their protests late on Tuesday after reaching a deal with the government. https://www.thelocal.it/20170222/after-six-days-of-disputes-italys-taxi-drivers-call-off-strike Wed, 22 Feb 2017 10:16:51 +0100 after-six-days-of-disputes-italys-taxi-drivers-call-off-strike Hundreds of taxi drivers protested in Rome on Tuesday as a strike over delays to Italian legislation regulating Uber and car-hire services entered its sixth day. https://www.thelocal.it/20170221/taxi-strike-uber-protest-clashes-traffic Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:20:19 +0100 taxi-strike-uber-protest-clashes-traffic Three young people were injured, two seriously, on Tuesday night after a water taxi in Venice cut through the boat they were on. https://www.thelocal.it/20160817/three-injured-as-venice-water-taxi-slices-boat-in-two Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:18:29 +0200 three-injured-as-venice-water-taxi-slices-boat-in-two An obese man has lodged a complaint after a taxi driver in Rome charged him extra, blaming a flat tyre on his excess weight. https://www.thelocal.it/20150622/cab-driver-charges-obese-passenger-for-flat-tyre Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:15:22 +0200 cab-driver-charges-obese-passenger-for-flat-tyre UPDATED: A Milan court has blocked the controversial ride-sharing app UberPop across Italy, citing unfair competition with the country's cab drivers. https://www.thelocal.it/20150526/milan-court-bans-uberpop-banned Tue, 26 May 2015 16:32:21 +0200 milan-court-bans-uberpop-banned A man has admitted to raping a female taxi driver in a Rome suburb on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150511/man-admits-to-raping-rome-taxi-driver Mon, 11 May 2015 18:15:14 +0200 man-admits-to-raping-rome-taxi-driver Taxi transfers between central Milan and Malpensa airport are the third most expensive in Europe, with a one-way trip costing over €80, according to research released on Friday from a UK-based travel money specialist. https://www.thelocal.it/20150327/milan-airport-cab-fare-third-priciest-in-europe Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:19:19 +0100 milan-airport-cab-fare-third-priciest-in-europe Over 2,000 taxi drivers are converging in Turin on Tuesday for a protest against Uber, the mobile app which allows non-professional drivers with their own cars to take on passengers at budget rates. https://www.thelocal.it/20150217/over-2000-italian-taxi-drivers-in-uber-protest Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:33:00 +0100 over-2000-italian-taxi-drivers-in-uber-protest A Rome taxi driver charged a German woman and her daughter €100 for a ride from the airport and then sped off with one of their bags, containing possessions worth €10,000, Italian media reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141030/rip-off-rome-taxi-driver-robs-tourists-luggage Thu, 30 Oct 2014 17:27:00 +0100 rip-off-rome-taxi-driver-robs-tourists-luggage A driver in Genoa has been fined €1,700 and had his car seized after using the chauffeur car service Uber and offering someone a lift without a taxi driving licence. https://www.thelocal.it/20140926/genoa-puts-the-brakes-on-uber-with-driver-fine Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:03:00 +0200 genoa-puts-the-brakes-on-uber-with-driver-fine An Italian taxi drivers union has launched a mobile application for their customers across the country, following the global success of the chauffeur car service Uber. https://www.thelocal.it/20140924/italian-taxi-drivers-launch-app-to-rival-uber Wed, 24 Sep 2014 14:26:00 +0200 italian-taxi-drivers-launch-app-to-rival-uber A number of Italian taxi drivers have been arrested in Germany for allegedly running hundreds of refugees across the country's border, although one organization claims they have done nothing wrong. https://www.thelocal.it/20140902/italian-cab-drivers-smuggled-refugees-to-germany Tue, 02 Sep 2014 16:57:00 +0200 italian-cab-drivers-smuggled-refugees-to-germany Taxi drivers in several European capitals, including Rome, will protest Wednesday against what they see as unfair and illegal competition from app-using car services such as Uber which have shaken up the taxi industry. https://www.thelocal.it/20140611/italian-taxi-drivers-in-europe-wide-protest Wed, 11 Jun 2014 10:30:00 +0200 italian-taxi-drivers-in-europe-wide-protest A Rome taxi driver has come up with a novel way of melting away the stresses of the capital’s traffic, while striking a chord with passengers as they tour the Eternal City: karaoke. https://www.thelocal.it/20140502/karaoke-cab-driver-strikes-a-chord-in-rome Fri, 02 May 2014 17:56:00 +0200 karaoke-cab-driver-strikes-a-chord-in-rome A Russian tourist was overjoyed on Friday after being reunited with her handbag, containing €14,000 worth of cash, after leaving it in a Rome taxi. https://www.thelocal.it/20140307/taxi-driver-returns-14k-to-russian-tourist Fri, 07 Mar 2014 16:41:00 +0100 taxi-driver-returns-14k-to-russian-tourist