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.

• Riga City Council banned all the events on 16 March
• Saeima supported draft amendments to the Education Law on usage of state language in higher education establishments

The Riga City Council forbade all the events on 16 March – unofficial commemoration day of Latvian Waffen SS legionnaires. The Council decided to ban the events referring to a conclusion of the law-enforcement bodies about possible provocations and public disturbances.

The Riga City Council forbade all the events on 16 March – unofficial commemoration day of Latvian Waffen SS legionnaires. The Council decided to ban the events referring to a conclusion of the law-enforcement bodies about possible provocations and public disturbances. Vesti Segodnya, Diena

Latvijas Avize reports that the Saeima supported draft amendments to the Education Law stipulating that the main language of instructions in state funded higher education establishments is Latvian. Foreign languages can be used only in particular cases. For instance, study program in official EU languages can be implemented only for foreign students or in the framework of inter-state agreements.