[romaniatax]

Try Romania - lower taxes, see my previous comment, higher standard of living and there's a small but decent size italian community here.

[akmarinov]

Actually go for Lithuania or Malta - even lower taxes than Romania and even higher standard of living (especially Malta)

[romaniatax]

While I am not so sure about Lithuania (lower GDP per capita than Bucharest, Bucharest being twice as developed as the rest of Romania, ibm, google, amazon, microsoft all having offices here with pay comparable to germany as a backup plan - could be wrong, but it sure is colder), Malta is now an option considering your comment - had no idea taxes are low in that country. Working from near a beach is the dream tbh.