<story><title>Bulgaria is the world’s fastest-shrinking country</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190913-how-to-slow-down-the-worlds-fastest-shrinking-country</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>StavrosK</author><text>I hope the new Greek government manages to compete with this, so the next post will advertise Greece in this way. Most of your list applies here as well, except we have amazing food and beaches.</text></item><item><author>kfk</author><text>Random facts from living 3 months there on why this could be a high potential country:&lt;p&gt;* 10% income tax (second lowest in EU), 5% dividend tax&lt;p&gt;* Very low costs of living (rent is 300-400 eur for a flat in Sofia)&lt;p&gt;* Relatively easy to start companies&lt;p&gt;* It&amp;#x27;s quite safe, at least safer than Naples from where I am from&lt;p&gt;* Very good quality of food&lt;p&gt;* Close to the seaside (about 3 hours from Greek coast also)&lt;p&gt;* Nice summers and autumns&lt;p&gt;* A lot of mountains and land around Sofia, nice nature around&lt;p&gt;* !Important: probably lots of EU funds for startup. You can probably get funds for your startup w&amp;#x2F;o investors if you win a EU project&lt;p&gt;Personally the only issues I have seen are:&lt;p&gt;* Yeah, lots of people have left, many are in the process of leaving&lt;p&gt;* &amp;quot;Made in Bulgaria&amp;quot; is not considered a very good brand in EU like &amp;quot;Made in Italy&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Made in Germany&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Edit. Added EU funds bullet.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Crinus</author><text>If only the taxes, social security and other expenses didn&amp;#x27;t demand more than half of your income. And that is ignoring the recent idiocy of paying upfront 100% of your taxes for the next year (hopefully the new government will get rid of that).</text></comment>
<story><title>Bulgaria is the world’s fastest-shrinking country</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190913-how-to-slow-down-the-worlds-fastest-shrinking-country</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>StavrosK</author><text>I hope the new Greek government manages to compete with this, so the next post will advertise Greece in this way. Most of your list applies here as well, except we have amazing food and beaches.</text></item><item><author>kfk</author><text>Random facts from living 3 months there on why this could be a high potential country:&lt;p&gt;* 10% income tax (second lowest in EU), 5% dividend tax&lt;p&gt;* Very low costs of living (rent is 300-400 eur for a flat in Sofia)&lt;p&gt;* Relatively easy to start companies&lt;p&gt;* It&amp;#x27;s quite safe, at least safer than Naples from where I am from&lt;p&gt;* Very good quality of food&lt;p&gt;* Close to the seaside (about 3 hours from Greek coast also)&lt;p&gt;* Nice summers and autumns&lt;p&gt;* A lot of mountains and land around Sofia, nice nature around&lt;p&gt;* !Important: probably lots of EU funds for startup. You can probably get funds for your startup w&amp;#x2F;o investors if you win a EU project&lt;p&gt;Personally the only issues I have seen are:&lt;p&gt;* Yeah, lots of people have left, many are in the process of leaving&lt;p&gt;* &amp;quot;Made in Bulgaria&amp;quot; is not considered a very good brand in EU like &amp;quot;Made in Italy&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Made in Germany&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Edit. Added EU funds bullet.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gruturo</author><text>Seconding this.&lt;p&gt;I was recently for 2 weeks in Santorini, which is considered pretty expensive compared to the rest of Greece, and everything was actually very affordable (esp. if you learn to keep your distance from the more tourist-infested areas).&lt;p&gt;The whole time during my stay I kept thinking how nice it would be to work from there. Clear blue sky, beaches and fresh grilled fish. Wow.</text></comment>