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Speaking of bias, I would rather see that as well in Thessaloniki.

And better remote working conditions could be a way to diversify the islands economy beyond Summers.

There is always the strategy of finding non-Greek companies to work remotely for, who will have a better work culture and remote ethic.

For the economic argument, you'd still be bringing money into the country and stimulating the economy (and paying taxes), so it's not all doom and gloom that you aren't working for a Greek company to make Greece better.

except there is absolutely zero anything on permanent establishment rules. The Greek tax authorities could write one memo saying “hiring a director in Greece does not trigger permanent establishment” and that digital nomad visa program would really pop off.

alas…nothing

I don't condone nonlegal actions, but do they really check your source of income? Usually with such sorts of tax authorities I'd imagine they'd only pay attention if they notice large incomes or many people citing the same contracting source.

IANAFA and not clued up on Greek tax myself.

the digital nomad visa requires you to have a contract with a company outside greece. while you can establish your own local entity, that’s a different visa process. if you have your own domiciled outside GR and even spring for a “nominee director” you still trigger permanent establishment (the tax people aren’t the same as immigration people) and it’s still a very real risk.

now be a senior level IC having an opportunity at a global company that doesn’t have a GR office? yeah, the first year legal rep is gonna do a hard no.

and all the tax people need to do is stamp a memo…

Bias, because you live in Athens and don't want more gentrification? Or because you live in Thessaloniki and want more business there?

I personally find Athens to be a much more appealing city, speaking as a tech worker, rock climber, and (near) vegan, who has spent a fair bit of time in both.

Thessaloniki has its pros, but loses to Athens in pretty much everything I care about, other than having a nice bike/scooter-friendly boardwalk

Thessaloniki because of family reasons, hence my bias is to Thessaloniki and Halkidiki region, I would rather only visit Athens for the airport and harbour connections, or some official business. :)

If Velti didn't collapse due to shady behavior there probably could have been one.

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