Brussels Taxi

Uber Technologies Inc. said it would halt operations in Brussels from Nov. 26 after a court ruled that a 2015 ban on private individuals offering taxi services also applies to professional drivers.

The stench of chemicals emanating from the sixth-floor apartment made the owner of the building gag. Other odd happenings at the mostly empty housing block in northern Brussels prompted an anxious resident in the area to alert the police. A taxi driver who picked up three young men at the block smelled a noxious odor leaking from their curiously he...

A mix-up by a Brussels taxi dispatcher may have prevented more carnage at the city's airport on Tuesday, Belgium's DH newspaper reported, saying the cab firm sent a smaller car to pick up the bombers than the one ordered.

The company will now concentrate on building up its more expensive UberX service, which uses professionally licensed drivers.

A spokesman for Uber confirmed the decision from the Brussels court, which followed a ban decided in April 2014.

Air travellers were forced to end their journey escorted on foot by police after drivers blocked the motorway exit to the airport.

Taxi drivers from across Europe caused huge tailbacks and blocked off Brussels airport as they descended on the EU capital on Wednesday to oppose the rise of Uber, the controversial ride-sharing app.

An Uber driver in Belgium was found guilty of breaking taxi laws today, in the first case to land in a Brussels court after dozens of drivers were caught by police posing as clients of the banned service.

Taxis drove slowly through central Brussels, bearing banners such as "No to Uber" and blocking major intersections.

Uber filed a complaint with the European Commission against a new French law it says favours regular taxis at its expense.

Belgian authorities will back a local taxi firm which alleges unfair competition from Uber and file a complaint with the Brussels prosecutor.

Web-based taxi company Uber risks being banned in the Belgian capital Brussels in just the latest legal challenge to its services.

Uber Technologies Inc. said it would halt operations in Brussels from Nov. 26 after a court ruled that a 2015 ban on private individuals offering taxi services also applies to professional drivers.

The stench of chemicals emanating from the sixth-floor apartment made the owner of the building gag. Other odd happenings at the mostly empty housing block in northern Brussels prompted an anxious resident in the area to alert the police. A taxi driver who picked up three young men at the block smelled a noxious odor leaking from their curiously he...

A mix-up by a Brussels taxi dispatcher may have prevented more carnage at the city's airport on Tuesday, Belgium's DH newspaper reported, saying the cab firm sent a smaller car to pick up the bombers than the one ordered.

The company will now concentrate on building up its more expensive UberX service, which uses professionally licensed drivers.

A spokesman for Uber confirmed the decision from the Brussels court, which followed a ban decided in April 2014.

Air travellers were forced to end their journey escorted on foot by police after drivers blocked the motorway exit to the airport.

Taxi drivers from across Europe caused huge tailbacks and blocked off Brussels airport as they descended on the EU capital on Wednesday to oppose the rise of Uber, the controversial ride-sharing app.

An Uber driver in Belgium was found guilty of breaking taxi laws today, in the first case to land in a Brussels court after dozens of drivers were caught by police posing as clients of the banned service.

Taxis drove slowly through central Brussels, bearing banners such as "No to Uber" and blocking major intersections.

Uber filed a complaint with the European Commission against a new French law it says favours regular taxis at its expense.

Belgian authorities will back a local taxi firm which alleges unfair competition from Uber and file a complaint with the Brussels prosecutor.

Web-based taxi company Uber risks being banned in the Belgian capital Brussels in just the latest legal challenge to its services.