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Croatian taxi driver laments life amid EU sanctions against Russia

Beijing News 21 May 2022
ZAGREB, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The COVID-19 pandemic has made life difficult all over the world, but the Russia-Ukraine crisis, coupled with the ensuing sanctions imposed on Moscow by the European Union (EU), has upped the ante for EU member Croatians, Tomi Peric, a taxi driver in Rijeka, told Xinhua on Friday.
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Feature: Croatian taxi driver laments life amid EU sanctions against Russia

Xinhua 20 May 2022
ZAGREB, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The COVID-19 pandemic has made life difficult all over the world, but the Russia-Ukraine crisis, coupled with the ensuing sanctions imposed on Moscow by the European Union (EU), has upped the ante for EU member Croatians, Tomi Peric, a taxi driver in Rijeka, told Xinhua on Friday.
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ECHR finds Slovakia liable for human rights violation over migrant smuggling trial

Jurist 12 Feb 2022
Slovakia, Jamal Al Alo was serving a term of five years in prison for conspiring with others to smuggle migrants. During surveillance, Alo was seen with two suspected migrants entering a taxi that drove off toward Slovakia’s border with Austria ... This decision was also upheld by the Supreme Court of Slovakia.
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BMW & ZeroLight Partner for BMW M Drive Tour

Dothan Eagle 26 Jun 2018
First deployed at the Slovakia Ring, M Drive Tour ... Before the exclusive racetrack event, customers could explore the all-new M5 online through an interactive video configurator, with those who saved their preferences getting the chance to win a taxi ride at the Slovakia Ring.
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Uber to appeal against court ban from operating taxi service in Slovakia

Topix 17 Apr 2018
The US alternative taxi service Uber will appeal against a court order banning it from operating its taxi service in Slovakia via people and vehicles that fail to meet the requirements set by Slovak legislation. Miroslava JozovA , Uber's spokeswoman for Slovakia and the Czech Republic, has informed ... .
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Uber out of service in Bratislava, for now

Topix 05 Apr 2018
While a Bratislava court ruling has stopped the US alternative taxi service Uber from operating in Bratislava, it has not offered any solution for this segment of the sharing economy in Slovakia. It remains unaddressed by local legislation and locked in the gap between new technologies and old regulations ... .
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Slovak court orders suspension of Uber services nationally

This is Money 27 Mar 2018
"The defendant is obliged to refrain from allowing people who do not meet legal requirements (...) to carry out taxi services in Slovakia," court spokesman Pavol Adamciak said ... Uber in Slovakia declined to comment until it received the court decision ... traditional taxi services.
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Court orders suspension of Uber services in Slovakia

DNA India 27 Mar 2018
The U.S.-based ride-hailing company has faced regulatory and legal setbacks around the world amid opposition from traditional taxi services. "The defendant is obliged to refrain from allowing people who do not meet legal requirements (...) to carry out taxi services in Slovakia," the Slovak court spokesman, Pavol Adamciak, said.
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Slovak Republic - Factors To Watch on March 27

This is Money 27 Mar 2018
ALL TIMES GMT (Slovak Republic ... Story ... Story ... A Slovak court has asked Uber to suspend operations using non-professional drivers in Slovakia, effective as of the beginning of March, the court said on Monday. Uber was taken to court by taxi drivers' union in Bratislava, the only Slovak town where it had launched operations more than two years ago ... .
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A-10s Deploy to Slovakia for Cross-Border Training

Topix 22 Jul 2016
An A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 122nd Fighter Wing, Fort Wayne Air Station, Indiana taxis after landing at Sliac Air Base, Slovakia July 8, 2016. The A-10s are in Slovakia to conduct training alongside our NATO ally as well as participate in cross-border training with other deployed U.S. forces' aircraft and NATO aircraft in the area ... .
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Blog: Taxi

Topix 24 Jun 2016
Taking a taxi at 2am in Bratislava can lead to a very detailed "grass root" analysis of the labour market, education system and local mentality, a psychoanalytical peep into the lifestyle of Slovakia's elite or a passionate discussion about the Slovak hip hop scene. Taxi drivers are among the best analysts you can possibly meet in Slovakia ... .
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Slovak taxi drivers protest against Uber

Reuters 28 Sep 2015
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Hundreds of taxi drivers jammed the center of Slovakia's capital on Monday in the latest demonstration in Europe against popular ride-hailing service Uber. .
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Hungarian Taxis Cash In on Refugee Crisis

Sputnik 14 Sep 2015
With Germany starting the first passport checks near its border with Austria, Hungarian taxi drivers are reportedly ready and willing to deliver refugees to Munich through Slovakia and the Czech Republic.... .
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Here's The EU's New Plan To Create 17 Million Jobs

Business Insider 19 Apr 2012
Syria ... There should be greater recognition of qualifications, and closed-shop professions — from taxi-driving in Italy to guiding tourists in Slovakia — should be pried open, Andor said ... Those Italian taxi drivers have been angrily protesting against attempts by the government in Rome to open up their protected jobs ... Tags ... .
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Poles in Lithuania want their 'w' back

Seattle Times 12 Jan 2011
1, 2009, stoking political tensions between Slovakia and Hungary and garnering criticism from EU authorities. In Maisiagala, 57-year-old taxi driver Wilhelm Radzewicz resents being called Vilhelmas Radzevic in his passport ... "I drive my taxi on Vilnius streets every day and see hundreds of (shop) signs in English, German and other languages," he said.

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