I sympathize, and I think this is a bigger problem than the skills/experience/age issues. I'd do what I can to either move to a more dynamic place, or get a remote job for a US company. I know it's hard, but it's better than investing two years to become a pro in a different stack - and still be stuck in the same socioeconomic trap.
Define "clown market."
Greece ithink they said
Small countries in the EU tend to have extremely niche job markets in tech, largely because the choice is either very specialised work or generic IT services (not dev). Developers usually have a bad time of it.