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.

• State Language Centre punished a bank for public placement of advertisement posters which do not comply with requirements of the State Language Law
• Government might accept the Basic Integration Guidelines 2011-2017 until the Saeimas elections
• Politician Andris Skele: municipal services cannot be refused to a person due to insufficient Latvian language proficiency
• Political scientist Juris Rozenvalds: there is a lack of national idea in Latvia

The State Language Centre punished a bank with pecuniary penalty of LVL 100 (EUR 140) for public placement of advertisement posters which do not comply with requirements of the State Language Law. The text of the posters calling foreign investors to invest money in Latvia in order to receive permanent residence permit was written in Russian, Latvian and English but text type in Russian was two times bigger than in Latvian (state) language. According to the State Language Law, if information in state language is placed alongside with information in foreign language the text in state language should not be smaller than in foreign language.

The State Language Centre punished a bank with pecuniary penalty of LVL 100 (EUR 140) for public placement of advertisement posters which do not comply with requirements of the State Language Law. The text of the posters calling foreign investors to invest money in Latvia in order to receive permanent residence permit was written in Russian, Latvian and English but text type in Russian was two times bigger than in Latvian (state) language. According to the State Language Law, if information in state language is placed alongside with information in foreign language the text in state language should not be smaller than in foreign language. Diena

Telegraf reports that the present government might accept the Basic Integration Guidelines 2011-2017 until the Saeimas elections. According to the newspaper, the Ministry of Justice which now is responsible for elaboration of the document urgently prepares it for final approval in the Cabinet of Ministers. The Integration Guidelines have been elaborated already for fifth year and conceptually changed several times.

According to a politician and one of the leaders of the party For Better Latvia! Andris Skele, municipal services should be available to every person and cannot be refused due to insufficient Latvian language proficiency. Mr Skele state that “the fact that there is only official language in the country does not mean that other languages should be forgotten and forbidden.”

According to a politician and one of the leaders of the party For Better Latvia! Andris Skele, municipal services should be available to every person and cannot be refused due to insufficient Latvian language proficiency. Mr Skele state that the fact that there is only official language in the country does not mean that other languages should be forgotten and forbidden. Chas

Political scientist Juris Rozenvalds believes that there is a lack of national idea in Latvia and, therefore, political parties continue to base their policy on ethnic conflict. Mr. Rozenvalds believes that protection of state language and culture cannot serve as a basis for consolidation of the society.

Political scientist Juris Rozenvalds believes that there is a lack of national idea in Latvia and, therefore, political parties continue to base their policy on ethnic conflict. Mr. Rozenvalds believes that protection of state language and culture cannot serve as a basis for consolidation of the society. Chas