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.

• Special Assignments Minister for Social Integration Oskars Kastens: status of non-citizens in Latvia complies with all international norms
• State Language Centre has received 201 complaints on violations of the State Language Law during first free months of 2008
• MP Boriss Cilevics: Americans are willing to co-operate with so-called Russian parties in Latvia with an aim to combat corruption in the country
• Newspapers report about presentation of series of books about Holocaust Memory and Name

The Special Assignments Minister for Social Integration Oskars Kastens has stated that status of non-citizens in Latvia complies with all international norms. Therefore, the Minister believes that a statement by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin that hundreds of thousands of non-citizens in Latvia hinder development of democracy in the country is false.  The Minister also has stated that there is no sense to propose to grant non-citizens voting rights in municipal elections because the majority of Saeima will not support it.

The Special Assignments Minister for Social Integration Oskars Kastens has stated that status of non-citizens in Latvia complies with all international norms. Therefore, the Minister believes that a statement by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin that hundreds of thousands of non-citizens in Latvia hinder development of democracy in the country is false. The Minister also has stated that there is no sense to propose to grant non-citizens voting rights in municipal elections because the majority of Saeima will not support it.

The State Language Centre has received 201 complaints on violations of the State Language Law during first free months of 2008, - a 70% increase when compared to the same period in 2007. In 2008, already 225 persons were punished for violation of the State Language Law, including 144 persons punished for insufficient usage of state language at work.

The State Language Centre has received 201 complaints on violations of the State Language Law during first free months of 2008, - a 70% increase when compared to the same period in 2007. In 2008, already 225 persons were punished for violation of the State Language Law, including 144 persons punished for insufficient usage of state language at work. Chas

Chas prints an interview with a representative of Latvia in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, MP Boriss Cilevics (the Concord Centre). Mr. Cilevics has stated that representatives of the United States of America in Latvia are disappointed in so-called ethnic Latvian parties, therefore, they are willing to co-operate with so-called Russian parties in Latvia with an aim to combat corruption in the country.

President of the International Association of Ghetto and Jewish Genocide History, writer Leonids Kovals has presented series of books about Holocaust “Memory and Name”.

President of the International Association of Ghetto and Jewish Genocide History, writer Leonids Kovals has presented series of books about Holocaust Memory and Name. Chas, Vesti Segodnya