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.

• Newspapers report on the events over the Estonian governments decision to remove Red Army war memorial from the centre of Tallinn
• 2,801 persons have arrived to Latvia for residency in 2006
• Conference For and Against Tolerance

Newspapers report on the events over the Estonian government’s decision to remove the Red Army war memorial from the centre of Tallinn. The removal of the memorial has caused mass protests and clashes between the police and mainly Russian speaking residents. Several Latvian so-called ‘anti-fascistic’ and Russian NGOs have issued a public statement criticizing the decision of the Estonian government and the brutal way in which the police have suppressed the protests. NGOs believe that Estonian government has insulted Russians and has provoked tension in the society. 

Newspapers report on the events over the Estonian governments decision to remove the Red Army war memorial from the centre of Tallinn. The removal of the memorial has caused mass protests and clashes between the police and mainly Russian speaking residents. Several Latvian so-called ‘anti-fascistic and Russian NGOs have issued a public statement criticizing the decision of the Estonian government and the brutal way in which the police have suppressed the protests. NGOs believe that Estonian government has insulted Russians and has provoked tension in the society. Chas, Vesti Segodnya

According to the Central Statistics Bureau, 2,801 persons have arrived to Latvia for residency while 5,252 persons have emigrated from Latvia in 2006. 

According to the Central Statistics Bureau, 2,801 persons have arrived to Latvia for residency while 5,252 persons have emigrated from Latvia in 2006. Diena

Diena reports on a conference For and Against Tolerance held by the Secretariat of the Special Assignments Minister for Social Integration on 27 April. The Ombudsman Romans Apsitis has stated that the number of complaints on discrimination has increased in 2006 as compared with the previous years. Romans Apsitis and a MEP from Latvia Georgs Andrejevs have stated that there is a need for elaboration of a mechanism of combating hate speech in legislation. The Special Assignment Minister for Social Integration Oskars Kastens has pointed to many declarative issues included in the national program for promotion of tolerance and to the need of its improvement. Diena