Today my grandfather is 90 years old. This is an amazing age for someone who had to go through so many things. Like most men of his generation, he was a soldier during World War II, first in the French army then later he was forcibly conscripted into the German army - like many men […]

A few weeks ago I was on the radio. This time it’s the biggest daily economic newspaper in France, Les Echos, that has an article with some quotes from a long talk I had with Frédéric Therin, a French journalist who came to Tallinn for Estonia and Skype.
The article cannot be accessed for free on […]

Like most European countries, Estonia is facing a too low birth rate. Considering the small amount of Estonians there are to start with, they are at risk of dying out. This should make Estonia a model on family politics and it appears to be so at first look.
In fact the family policy is pretty much […]

Henri, our little boy, is not yet here, but it shouldn’t be long anymore. He’s “cooked” now, and can come when he feels like (in theory on July 27th). Ingrid is doing fine, even if the hot weather we have currently in Estonia makes it a bit more difficult.

Our new apartment is looking very good […]