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Τaxi union SATA has announced a 24-hour taxi strike for Thursday, March 23, 2023. The strike will begin at 06:00 on Thursday morning and will end at 06.00 on Friday morning. According to the announcement of the union, there will be a gathering on Kavala Avenue at 11:00 in the …

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Public transport means are on work stoppages or 24-hour strike, ships and ferries remain docked, trains are parked and even taxi drivers have pull the handbrake to raise their voice against the rising prices and the cost of living. The situation in the Greek capital Athens is for commuters even …

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There will be no limit to the number of passengers allowed in a taxi for people visiting friends or family on New Year’s Eve December 31 and January 1, media report on Thursday. The exception to the rule of “one customer per taxi” over these two days refers to family …

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With a joint ministerial decision Greece is lifting some coronavirus restrictions concerning passengers on private and commercial vehicles like taxis. At the same time, it maintains the mandatory use of mask in commercial cars, threatening violators with a 150-euro fine. According to the new decision number of passengers on private …

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Fixed taxi fares to and from the airports of Athens, Thessaloniki and Kavala to the corresponding city centers are now reduced, in line with broader cuts in public transport fares introduced on June 1, the Transport Ministry announced on Friday. In Attica, taxi rides from or to the Athens International …

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Taxis and private cars are allowed to carry two passengers in addition to the driver as of May 8, 2020, a decision of Greece’s Ministry of Transport published in the Official Gazette said on Friday. Exceptionally, the passengers’ limit may be exceeded only in the case of parents with minor …

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Taxi owners are furious against the government for not lifting the lockdown restriction that they can only transport one passenger at a time. The Attica Taxi Drivers’ Association (SATA) called the measure a “bad joke” and called on the government to withdraw the restriction. “On what grounds did any “genius” …

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Head of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias made some clarifications on Monday afternoon about the lockdown measures restricting the movement of citizens since 6:00 a.m. March 23, 2020. The clarifications refer to issues such as the number of persons allowed in a private or public car, to parents with minor children, …

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“Tablet” is the new fake “taximeter” and the way for taxi drivers and owners in Thessaloniki to commit scam and tax evasion and not issue receipts to their customers. Traffic Police has found out that twenty taxi drivers and owners in the second largest city in Greece, were using “tablets” …

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The Taxi Owners’ Union in Athens will launch a four-hour work stoppage on Tuesday, February 26, 2019. Aim of the action that will leave the Greek capital without taxis for several hours is the convention of the taxi union. The work stoppage will start at 02:00 p.m. and end at …

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The Panhellenic Federation of Greek Taxi will launch a 12-hour strike on Thursday, November 8th 2018.  The strike is supposed to protest a decrease in their business due to ride sharing services and “failure of the government to protect the sector.” It is certainly coincidence that on Thursday, the chairman …

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Yellow cabs are back on the streets of Athens, after drivers suspended the 24-hour strike on Thursday afternoon, June 14th 2018. The powerful lobby of taxi drivers had earlier reached an agreement with Transportation Minister, Christos Spirtzis, to not cancel the clause the would allow the return of Uber. Taxi …

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A hell of a day for motorists and commuters in Greek capital Athens, due to work stoppages in public transport means and a new 24-hour strike of taxi drivers. Main roads in the city of more than 4 million inhabitants are fully packed, since the morning. The situation is expected …

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Late on Tuesday, taxis drivers decided to launch a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, June 13th 2018. The strike will start at 6 a.m. In an extraordinary meeting the union of taxi drivers decided to launch the strike denouncing that Greece’s “creditors want the return of Uber.” In a statement the …

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Angry taxi drivers on work stoppage attacked Uber drivers but also their colleagues who had refused to join the 9-hour work stoppage in Athens and Attica on Tuesday. strike. It was mostly Uber drivers who became the target of strikers as the operation of the transportation network company in Greece …

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Taxi drivers in Athens and the broader Attica prefecture will launch a work stoppage, on Tuesday, March 6th 2018, to protest the “Illegal operation of Uber” as they say in a statement.. The work stoppage is scheduled from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Taxi Drivers Union of Attica (SATA) said …

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Every once in a while a German tourist pops up in Greece seeking fun without paying, claiming Greeks owe to German taxpayers. Media in Crete report of a German woman who refused to pay for a taxi ride claiming “You owe us money, anyway.” The woman needed a ride from …

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The Federation of  Greece’s Taxi owners will launch a 24-hour strike 24 hour strike to protest the upcoming tax regulations. The strike will start at 5 a.m. on Thursday, April 14th and end at 5 a.m. on Friday morning. According to the National Federation of Taxi  Owners (POEIATA), the new …

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Hurrah! The milk and bread market in Greece is to be liberated! The much anticipated liberation has been pushed forward by the Troika lenders since the first bailout agreement in 2010. The OECD had provided its famous Competition Assessment Tollkit for this. But although the previous Greek governments had passed …

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You should not be surprised if you see no  single yellow cab on the streets of Athens and broader Attica area today. Taxi owners and drivers surprisingly launched a work stoppage from 3 pm until 10 pm in order to join their unions general convention. The Union of Attica Motorists …

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