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.

• Liepaja municipality refuses to take part in the project about refugees in fears of future influx of refugees
• Delegation of Jews from the USA visits Latvia
• Riga Council official about protests against the minority education reform
• Latvia's representatives in the OSCEs session

Vesti Segodnya reports that for the first time Latvia has launched implementation of a comprehensive project on refugees. The project is funded by the EU and the total funding amounts to about LVL 350,000 (EUR 501,145). According to the newspaper LVL 120,000 (EUR 171,821) will be allotted to municipalities that will volunteer to receive training about issues concerning refugees. The newspaper reports that just before the project should be implemented the Liepaja municipality refused the possibility to participate in the project because ‘it may serve as a reason for channelling future refugees to those places where training has been held. The Head of the Department on Refugee Affairs of the Citizenship and Migration Affairs Office Baiba Beza believes that the Liepaja Municipality made a legally incorrect step when refused to take part in the project.

The delegation of Jews from the USA visited Latvia and held a number of meetings with the Latvian President, politicians and members of local Jewish community. The delegation was interested in the life of Jews in Latvia, possibilities to develop their culture, access to education and society’s attitudes to the past events.

The delegation of Jews from the USA visited Latvia and held a number of meetings with the Latvian President, politicians and members of local Jewish community. The delegation was interested in the life of Jews in Latvia, possibilities to develop their culture, access to education and societys attitudes to the past events. Latvijas Avize

Latvijas Avize interviews Andris Argalis (The Peoples Party), Vice Mayor of the Riga City Council and Head of the Committee dealing with security and public order issues. When asked whether ‘scandals [protest actions against the implementation of the minority education reform] held at the Rainis monument should be stopped, Mr Argalis says ‘definitely and argues that protests against the minority education reform were facilitated by the social democrats when they were the ruling party in the Council. According to Mr Argalis it will be difficult to change something and tension in society will only continue to grow.

Latvijas Avize reports about the session of the OSCE. The newspaper says that Latvian MP Andrejs Klementjevs took floor to reproach Latvia in not giving its non-citizens the right to participate in municipal elections. While other representatives from Latvia stressed that this time they had very constructive dialogues with members of the Russian delegation. Chas, Vesti Segodnya