Italy issues a nationwide ban on Uber

In a court ruling issued today, all of Uber’s services have been
banned in Italy after a judge in Rome ruled in favor of Italy’s
major taxi associations that the ride-hailing service amounted
to unfair competition. The ruling means Uber’s Black, Lux,
Suv, X , XL, Select, and Van services are all blocked from
operating in Italy and Uber cannot advertise at all in the
country.

Uber’s lawyers said in a statement says:
"'we’re shocked. We will appeal this ruling that is
based on a 25-year-old law. Now the government
can’t waste more time and needs to decide whether it
wants to remain anchored to the past, protecting
privileged profits, or whether it wants to allow Italians
to benefit from new technologies.”