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.

Oct. 31, 2006

  • Vesti Segodnya reports that non-citizens might be granted rights to travel within the EU without visas as of March 2007
  • Latvijas Avize prints an interview with leaders of the extreme right-wing party All for Latvia! on partys activities and results of Saeima elections

Vesti Segodnya reports that the EU Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security Franco Frattini has stated that the non-citizens of Latvia and Estonia might be able to travel within the European Union without visas as of March 2007.

Latvijas Avize prints an interview with leaders of the radical right-wing party All for Latvia! Raivis Dzintars and Imants Paradnieks on partys activities and their views on results of the Saeima elections. Raivis Dzintars stated that although All for Latvia! did not succeed to get into the parliament, the support the party received (1.48 % or 13,469 votes) shows that the party has to continue its work and focus on promoting of national leaders among young people who would fight for the preservation of Latvian values.

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