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.

• Latvijas Avize criticizes the Ministry of Welfare for official press information about planned changes in payment of benefits distributed to Russian language mass media in Russian

Latvijas Avize criticizes the Ministry of Welfare for official press information about planned changes in payment of benefits distributed to Russian language mass media in Russian. According to the newspaper it is a violation of the State Language Law. The State Secretary of the Ministry of Welfare R. Beinarovics in an interview with the newspaper states the information was sent to Russian language mass media in Russian in order to help journalists to understand information about such sensitive issue and to prevent wrong interpretation. At the same time, Mr. Beinarovics states that this is the only occasion when the Ministry distributed information in Russian and the Ministry will never do that again.