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.

• Latvian Association for Support of Russian Language Schools will continue its work aimed at facilitating preservation and development of education in Russian language
• State Language Centre has appealed to journalists and state officials to communicate only in Latvian language
• Concord Centre proposes to grant Latvian citizenship automatically to those non-citizens who graduated any of Latvias secondary schools

Chas reports that the Latvian Association for Support of Russian Language Schools (LASHOR in its Russian acronym) has re-affirmed that its future activities are aimed at facilitating preservation and development of education in Russian language. The LASHOR believes that development of Russian language and culture in Latvia is possible only in correlation with preservation and development of Latvian language and culture and cultures of other ethnic groups in Latvia.

The State Language Centre (SLC) has appealed to journalists to communicate only in Latvian language. The SLC also has appealed to state officials to reply to journalists only in Latvian.

The State Language Centre (SLC) has appealed to journalists to communicate only in Latvian language. The SLC also has appealed to state officials to reply to journalists only in Latvian. Vesti Segodnya, Telegraf

Political party the Concord Centre is preparing draft amendments to the Law on Citizenship according to which non-citizens who have graduated any of Latvia’s secondary schools should be granted Latvian citizenship automatically regardless of whether it is a Latvian language school or a school implementing ethnic minority education programme. Presently, only graduates of Latvian language schools are granted citizenship automatically.

Political party the Concord Centre is preparing draft amendments to the Law on Citizenship according to which non-citizens who have graduated any of Latvias secondary schools should be granted Latvian citizenship automatically regardless of whether it is a Latvian language school or a school implementing ethnic minority education programme. Presently, only graduates of Latvian language schools are granted citizenship automatically. Vesti Segodnya, Latvijas Avize, Chas