"I worked in my spare time, whenever my English classes allowed," says Nuria, a 24-year-old Spaniard who has been living in a small town in northern Malta for the past three months. The young woman is one of today's so-called 'digital nomads' — those who work online without a fixed workplace.
The term is more common now than before the pandemic, but it continues to cause confusion as to its meaning and scope, especially in terms of labour law.
Nuria, for example, is a self-emplo...
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Already a member? Login herePaula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.