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.

• Chas features an interview with a political scientist Valts Kalnins on integration issues

Chas features an interview with a political scientist Valts Kalnins on integration issues. Valts Kalnins has stated that successful ethnic policy must be based on compromises. Mr. Kalnins criticized Latvian government for its unwillingness to co-operate and to discuss integration issues with opposition parties representing Russian speaking minorities. According to Mr. Kalnins, the implementation of education reform, the State Language Law, the Citizenship Law, and the Law on Elections deprive a considerable large part of the society of their basic rights. Valts Kalnins believed that Latvian society would not be segregated if non-citizens were granted voting rights already 10 years ago. Valts Kalnins also believed that speeding-up of naturalisation process would be a step towards integrated society.