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 prints an article by the MPs Valerijs Buhvalovs and Jakovs Pliners about preservation of Russian culture in Latvia
• Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis: granting status of official public holiday to Orthodox Christmas in Latvia would promote unity among Latvian Christians

Chas prints an article by the MPs Valerijs Buhvalovs and Jakovs Pliners about preservation of Russian culture in Latvia. The authors believe that preservation of Russian culture is depended on education in Russian schools and the support state and Russian NGOs.

The Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis has stated that granting status of official public holiday to Orthodox Christmas (6-7 January) in Latvia would promote unity among Latvian Christians. According to the Board of Religious Affairs, there are about 350,000 Orthodox Christians and 2, 693 Old Believers in Latvia. Vesti Segodnya, NRA