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.

• International seminar Policing Hate Crimes
• Vesti Segodnya features an article about a series of programmes Ethnoses

On 28 August, the Latvian Centre for Human Rights (LCHR) held an international seminar “Policing Hate Crimes”. The main target audience was Latvian policemen, representatives of other authorities and NGOs. A number of high level foreign hate crime experts from the U.K., Sweden, and Netherlands shared their experiences in policing hate crimes. The director of LCHR Ilze Brands-Kehre stated that the Latvian Criminal Law needs amendments to help the police to classify hate crimes.

On 28 August, the Latvian Centre for Human Rights (LCHR) held an international seminar Policing Hate Crimes. The main target audience was Latvian policemen, representatives of other authorities and NGOs. A number of high level foreign hate crime experts from the U.K., Sweden, and Netherlands shared their experiences in policing hate crimes. The director of LCHR Ilze Brands-Kehre stated that the Latvian Criminal Law needs amendments to help the police to classify hate crimes. Diena, Vesti Segodnya

Vesti Segodnya features an article about a series of broadcasts Ethnoses, shot in the framework of the ethnic integration project funded by the EU PHARE. The Head of the Department for Minority Affairs at the Secretariat of the Special Assignments Minister for Social Integration Irina Vinnika in an interview with Vesti Segodnya told that the aim of the project is to give a complete insight about the culture, ethnic distinctions, traditions, and mentality of ethnic minorities who live in Latvia.