Two Uber bosses arrested in France amid protestsJune 30, 2015 - 17:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Two Uber France bosses have been arrested following the Paris protests against the company last week, Digital Spy reports. Uber's director general Thibaud Simphal and its director for Western Europe Pierre-Dimitri Gore Coty have now been taken into police custody. UberPOP was made illegal in France in January, but it continues to operate. A raid previously took place on Uber's Paris offices in March, which saw documents and computers seized. Licensed taxi drivers protested in Paris last week after claiming that Uber was jeopardising their jobs. Courtney Love claimed that she was "scared out of her wits" after being caught up in the anti-Uber protests. The singer and actress's taxi was hit with metal bats, rocks and eggs during her journey, as she tried to make her way to the centre of Paris. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |