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.

Press Report

Press Report

The Russian Embassy will issue entry visas free of charge to World War II veterans, first and second category invalids and persons over seventy years of age. The unemployed and pensioners with a monthly income lower than Ls 50 are given a 50% discount. The fee to be paid by applicants for entry visas to Russia is Ls. 5.

The Russian Embassy will issue entry visas free of charge to World War II veterans, first and second category invalids and persons over seventy years of age. The unemployed and pensioners with a monthly income lower than Ls 50 are given a 50% discount. The fee to be paid by applicants for entry visas to Russia is Ls. 5. B&B

Minister of Foreign Affairs Valdis Birkavs in an interview for

Minister of Foreign Affairs Valdis Birkavs in an interview for "The Washington Post" said that Latvia was ready to co-operate with Russia and to establish "pragmatic" relations with the country. Mr. Birkavs criticized Russia's attempts to force Latvia "to change the Citizenship Law" and stressed that the problem of citizenship was an internal affair of the Republic of Latvia. SM