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.

• President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers calls upon MPs to diminish ethnic divisions
• Municipalities will have to fund state (Latvian) language courses for deputies with insufficient language proficiency

The President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers in his address to the Saeima called upon the MPs to diminish ethnic divisions in the society. The President considers that the political parties should formulate their ideological position instead of ethnic affiliation to electorate groups.

The President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers in his address to the Saeima called upon the MPs to diminish ethnic divisions in the society. The President considers that the political parties should formulate their ideological position instead of ethnic affiliation to electorate groups. Chas

The Saeima adopted in the second reading draft amendments to the Law on Status on Municipal Deputies stipulating that municipalities should fund state language courses for deputies with insufficient language proficiency.

The Saeima adopted in the second reading draft amendments to the Law on Status on Municipal Deputies stipulating that municipalities should fund state language courses for deputies with insufficient language proficiency. Latvijas Avize, Neatkariga