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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The Latvian delegation to the Baltic Assembly recommended the Assembly to work out a new realistic approach to their policies. Head of the delegation Ivars Kezbers said that expecting to enter NATO and the EU in the nearest future would mean "fooling oneself". Only half of the EU countries have ratified the associated membership agreement with the Baltic states. Kezbers pointed at the importance of strengthening Latvia's border with Russia. He stressed that although Latvia was interested in developing neighborly relations with Russia, it was concerned about political instability in the country

The Latvian delegation to the Baltic Assembly recommended the Assembly to work out a new realistic approach to their policies. Head of the delegation Ivars Kezbers said that expecting to enter NATO and the EU in the nearest future would mean "fooling oneself". Only half of the EU countries have ratified the associated membership agreement with the Baltic states. Kezbers pointed at the importance of strengthening Latvia's border with Russia. He stressed that although Latvia was interested in developing neighborly relations with Russia, it was concerned about political instability in the country. Diena, SM

According to the law adopted last autumn, non-citizens employed as candidates to civil servants as of November 1, 1996, will retain their jobs and are allowed to take an exam for a civil servant's position. All others will be relieved of their duties while 156 non-citizens will retain their posts in the state institutions.

According to the law adopted last autumn, non-citizens employed as candidates to civil servants as of November 1, 1996, will retain their jobs and are allowed to take an exam for a civil servant's position. All others will be relieved of their duties while 156 non-citizens will retain their posts in the state institutions. Neatkariga