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.

• Russia State Council agrees to extend the partnership agreement between Russia and the EU to the new member states
• Deputy Chairperson of the national-radical organisation Latvian National Front Liene Apine brought charges against the Chairman of the Society Integration Foundation Sols Bukingolts for defamation and injuring dignity in mass media
• Anti-Semitic slogans discovered on a wall of the building in Old Riga

The Russian State Council has agreed to extend the partnership agreement between Russia and the EU to the ten new EU member states.  However, Russia notes the areas where improvements should be made, including the situation of Russian-speakers in Estonia and Latvia. According to MPs of Russia, Latvia’s and Estonia’s accession into the EU has not changed the situation of Russian-speakers for better. MPs reproached the EU for guarding the Baltic States from the ‘objective criticism.’ They also criticised Latvia and Estonia for falsification of the results of the World War II and depicting their legionnaires as heroes.

The Russian State Council has agreed to extend the partnership agreement between Russia and the EU to the ten new EU member states. However, Russia notes the areas where improvements should be made, including the situation of Russian-speakers in Estonia and Latvia. According to MPs of Russia, Latvias and Estonias accession into the EU has not changed the situation of Russian-speakers for better. MPs reproached the EU for guarding the Baltic States from the ‘objective criticism. They also criticised Latvia and Estonia for falsification of the results of the World War II and depicting their legionnaires as heroes. Diena, Latvijas Avize, Vesti Segodnya, Chas

The Deputy Chairperson of the national-radical organisation Latvian National Front Liene Apine has applied with the Riga Vidzeme Court against the businessman and the Chairman of the Society Integration Foundation Sols Bukingolts. Liene Apine accuses Sols Bukingolts in defamation and injuring her dignity in mass media. According to Liene Apine, Sols Bukingolts in his interview with the newspaper

The Deputy Chairperson of the national-radical organisation Latvian National Front Liene Apine has applied with the Riga Vidzeme Court against the businessman and the Chairman of the Society Integration Foundation Sols Bukingolts. Liene Apine accuses Sols Bukingolts in defamation and injuring her dignity in mass media. According to Liene Apine, Sols Bukingolts in his interview with the newspaper Latvijas Avize on 15 October 2004 stated that Liene Apines official employment in Saeima brings harm to the Latvian nation. He also called the representatives of the Latvian National Front anti-Semites. Liene Apine asks Sols Bukungolts to pay her Ls3,000,000 for moral damages. Vesti Segodnya, Chas

Anti-Semitic slogans, drawings of symbols of the Nazi party, and signs of skinheads were discovered on a wall of the building in the Old Riga.

Anti-Semitic slogans, drawings of symbols of the Nazi party, and signs of skinheads were discovered on a wall of the building in the Old Riga. Diena, Neatkariga Rita Avize, Chas