Integration monitor is a daily Latvian press digest on ethnic minority and society integration issues. The Monitor reviews the biggest Latvian dailies: Diena, Latvijas Avize, Neatkariga (in Latvian language), Vesti Segodnya (in Russian language). In specific cases other information sources are used. Latvian Centre for Human Rights is not responsible for information published by the media.

• Latvijas Avize prints an interview with the Ombudsman Romans Apsitis

Latvijas Avize prints an interview with the Ombudsman Romans Apsitis. According to the Ombudsman, funding for next year for the Ombudsmans Office will be LVL 558,901 (EUR 795,244), or 57% less than in 2009. Due to the cut of funding the Ombudsman will be forced to decrease number of employed lawyers and renounce various working plans for 2010.