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.

• Activists of nationalistic political organisation All for Latvia! are planning to raid shops, cafes, hairdressing saloons and dry-cleaners checking Latvian language proficiency of employees
• Forum of anti-fascists organised by the Latvian Anti-fascist Committee is planned to be held in Riga
• Latvijas Avize reports about a conflict between a costumer who spoke Russian with a salesperson of a shop Narvesen and therefore was refused service

Activists of nationalistic political organisation “All for Latvia!” are planning to raid shops, cafes, hairdressing saloons and dry-cleaner’s in different parts of Riga with an aim to check Latvian language proficiency of employees. Following the raids, “All for Latvia!” will compile a list of organisations who’s employees are using Latvian language insufficiently and publish it on the web-site, where it already collects signatures in support of full transition of all state funded schools to Latvian language starting from first grade. The State Language Centre could deal with the list after publication.

Activists of nationalistic political organisation All for Latvia! are planning to raid shops, cafes, hairdressing saloons and dry-cleaners in different parts of Riga with an aim to check Latvian language proficiency of employees. Following the raids, All for Latvia! will compile a list of organisations whos employees are using Latvian language insufficiently and publish it on the web-site, where it already collects signatures in support of full transition of all state funded schools to Latvian language starting from first grade. The State Language Centre could deal with the list after publication. Vesti Segodnya

Vesti Segodnya reports that a forum of anti-fascists organised by the Latvian Anti-fascist Committee is planned to be held this week in Riga. Activists and leaders of anti-fascist organisations from Lithuania, Estonia, Poland and Russia will visit the forum.

Latvijas Avize reports about a conflict between a costumer who spoke Russian with a salesperson of a shop Narvesen and therefore was refused service. Salesperson asserts that she does not speak Russian and she is not obligated to speak it in Latvia because the only state language is Latvian. The salesperson admitted that she called the costumer an occupant and asked him to leave the shop. She also asserts that the costumer reacted angrily to her response and later in the day returned with his so-called advocate claiming for moral compensation from the shop. In an interview with the newspaper, legal representative of the costumer (who is neither advocate nor lawyer) states that Narvesen should apologise to the costumer because he was refused service which is violation of costumers rights.