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.

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of the Latvian Centre for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies

• Unapproved walk against the education reform
• About the visit of Reuven Rivlin, Speaker of the Knesset
• The Special Task Minister for Societal Integration stresses the continuing of positive role of the EU in societal integration after Latvias accession
• Headquarters for the defense of Russian schools calls on supporters to vote against Latvias accession to the EU
• Liquidation of the extremist National-Bolshevik organization Victory
• Chas columnist about the reasons of negative attitudes of Russians towards Latvias accession to the EU
• Ambassador of Germany to Latvia about the status of non-citizens in Latvia after accession to the EU

Yesterday about 200 young people participated in an unapproved walk against the education reform, passing by the Saeima, Cabinet of Ministers, City Council of Riga and the Palace of Riga.

Yesterday about 200 young people participated in an unapproved walk against the education reform, passing by the Saeima, Cabinet of Ministers, City Council of Riga and the Palace of Riga. Chas, Diena, Rigas Balss, Vechernaya Riga

Russian language newspapers feature articles about the visit of Reuven Rivlin, Speaker of the Knesset in Latvia. According to

Russian language newspapers feature articles about the visit of Reuven Rivlin, Speaker of the Knesset in Latvia. According to Vesti Segodnya, inhis speech in Saeima Reuven stated that the Israeli people does not blame all the population of Latvia for the act of vandalism at the New Jewish cemetery. Vesti Segodnya, Telegraf, Chas

Chas features article by Nils Muiznieks, the Special Task Minister for Societal Integration, about minority situation after Latvias membership to EU. The Minister points to the negative attitude of minorities against the EU and stresses that the EU has supported the ethnic integration process in Latvia and will continue this support if Latvia becomes a member of the EU.

Headquarters for the defense of Russian schools asks their supporters to vote against the accession of Latvia to the EU, motivating their opinion with the reluctance of the EU to define its attitude towards the education reform in Latvia.

Headquarters for the defense of Russian schools asks their supporters to vote against the accession of Latvia to the EU, motivating their opinion with the reluctance of the EU to define its attitude towards the education reform in Latvia. Vesti Segodnya, Vechernaya Riga

Yesterday the Riga Vidzeme District Court satisfied a case made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and ruled on the liquidation of the extremist National-Bolshevik organization “Victory.”

Yesterday the Riga Vidzeme District Court satisfied a case made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and ruled on the liquidation of the extremist National-Bolshevik organization Victory. Vesti Segodnya

Leonid Fedoseyev, columnst of

Leonid Fedoseyev, columnst of Chas, views the negative attitude of Russians against the EU as a consequence of the lack of a real societal integration and the russophobic advertising campaign before the referendum, causing the alienation of Russians from the policy process.

Vesti Segodnya features an interview with Eckart Herold,the Ambassador of Germany in Latvia, pointing out that Latvias accession to the EU will not directly change the status of non-citizens in Latvia. He believes that after Latvias accession to the EU visa requirements for non-citizens of Latvia would be eased, and believes that it is important for non-citizens to naturalise so that they become citizens of the EU.