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.

Integration and Minority Information Service
of the Latvian Centre for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies

• Critical comments about article on Russian-language schools by Yuri Petropavlovski
• Russian media uphold the belief that Russian-speakers are discriminated against
• Chas continues the discussion about the FCNM and the education reform

Lauku Avize columnist Maris Caklais criticizes fears of assimilation expressed in an article previously published in the newspaper Chas by Yuri Petropavlovski, member of the Association for the Support for Russian Schools in Latvia. Lauku Avize 26.07.

Neatkariga reports about a survey on the reputation of Baltic States in Russia prepared by the Russian public relations company R.I.M. Porter Novelli. According to the survey data Russian media believe that Russian-speakers living in the Baltic States are being discriminated against.

Chas features an interview with Boris Tsilevich about the ratification of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the education reform.