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.

• All for Latvia! tells students about nationalism
• Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs insists on observation of rights of Russian speakers in Latvia
• Vesti Segodnya reports about a case of a former Latvian non-citizen who accepted Russian citizenship and now wants to return to Latvia

Vesti Segodnya reports that activists of the nationalistic party All for Latvia! almost every week hold meetings with students of secondary schools telling them about nationalism and necessity for nationally minded people to take power in Latvia. The party also calls on students to become partys members.

Representative of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Titov who visited Riga last week in an interview with

Representative of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Titov who visited Riga last week in an interview with Vesti Segodnya stated that during the consultations with Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs he raised issues regarding rights of Russian speaking residents of Latvia arguing that those are still important for Russia. Vladimir Titov states that Russia calls Latvia to implement recommendations of international organisations regarding rights of ethnic minorities and non-citizens.

Vesti Segodnya reports about a case of a former Latvian non-citizen who accepted Russian citizenship with an aim to settle in Russia, however, did not succeed there. The man wanted to return back to Latvia to reunite with his mother, wife and child. Being a foreigner without residency permit he broke the rules of stay in the country and was placed to the camp for illegal immigrants. According to representatives of the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, the man does not have legal basis to stay in Latvia because his mother is non-citizen and neither he nor his wife can assure that he has means for subsistence in amount of LVL180 per month.