Integration monitor

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.

July 30, 2005

  • Special Assignments Minister for Society Integration Ainars Latkovskis meets the UK ambassador to the OSCE Colin Munro
  • Interview with the chairman of the Latvian Council of the Jewish Parishes and Communities Arkadijs Suharenko
The Special Assignments Minister for Society Integration Ainars Latkovskis met the ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Colin Munro. Issues concerning the activities of the Special Assignments Minister’s for Society Integration Secretariat in the areas of the promotion of tolerance in society, naturalisation and collaboration with minority organisations as well as the activities of radical organisations in Latvia were discussed during the meeting there.

The Special Assignments Minister for Society Integration Ainars Latkovskis met the ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Colin Munro. Issues concerning the activities of the Special Assignments Ministers for Society Integration Secretariat in the areas of the promotion of tolerance in society, naturalisation and collaboration with minority organisations as well as the activities of radical organisations in Latvia were discussed during the meeting there. Latvijas Avize

Latvijas Avize prints an interview with the chairman of the Latvian Council of the Jewish Parishes and Communities Arkadijs Suharenko about the situation of the Jewish community in Latvia and possible manifestations of anti-Semitism in Latvia. Speaking about anti-Semitism, Suharenko admits that there is no anti-Semitism on state level. At the same time the chairman believes, that the activities of certain politicians (for example, their support for the rehabilitation of the notorious Herberts Cukurs as a Latvian hero and famous pilot, although it has been documented that he participated in the Holocaust during World War II) could led to confrontation in society. Meanwhile, according to Suharenko, it is very important for the Jewish community to be integrated in the Latvian society. There are approximately 10,600 – 10,700 Jews living in Latvia.

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