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.

• Latvijas Avize reports on a discussion Language and Consumer Rights held by the State Language Commission.
• Poland is planning to grant LVL 1 million for renovation of Polish schools in Daugavpils
• Yesterday, 643 persons were granted Latvian citizenship through naturalisation

Latvijas Avize reports on a discussion Language and Consumer Rights held by the State Language Commission. Academician Ina Druviete has stated that mandatory use of the Latvian language in service sphere has to be defined in the Law on the Protection of Consumer Rights to protect the rights of Latvian speaking people.

Diena reports that Poland is planning to grant funding in the amount of LVL 1 million (EUR 1,422,871.811) for renovation of the Polish Secondary School and the Polish Preschool in Daugavpils (city in the Eastern part of Latvia). The Polish Secondary School in Daugavpils is one of the first ethnic minority schools in Latvia established in 1991/1992.

Yesterday, 643 persons were granted Latvian citizenship through naturalisation.  In total, 121, 412 persons were granted citizenship since the naturalisation procedure was launched in 1995.

Yesterday, 643 persons were granted Latvian citizenship through naturalisation. In total, 121, 412 persons were granted citizenship since the naturalisation procedure was launched in 1995. Vesti Segodnya