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.

• Ministry of Health and the Ombudsmans Office criticize statements made by a doctor that he would refuse to treat a patient who has a tattoo USSR
• Minister of Foreign Affairs Girts Valdis Kristovskis: Latvia should speak with its Russian speaking residents and to search for ways of reconciliation
• Head of the coordinating council of Russian NGOs Viktors Guscins: Russia should interfere into the situation with rights and situation of Russian speakers and non-citizens in Latvia
• Diena interviews ethnic non-Latvians residing in Latvia on their patriotisms

The Ministry of Health and the Ombudsman’s Office criticize statements made by a doctor Juris Vidins that he would refuse to treat a patient who has a tattoo “USSR” or who would demand from a doctor to speak to him in Russian.

The Ministry of Health and the Ombudsmans Office criticize statements made by a doctor Juris Vidins that he would refuse to treat a patient who has a tattoo USSR or who would demand from a doctor to speak to him in Russian. According to the Ministrys and the Ombudsmans Offices representatives, medics are forbidden to have different attitude towards their patients basing on their ethnical or racial background, gender, age, political or other belief. Diena

According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Girts Valdis Kristovskis, Latvia should speak with its Russian speaking residents and to search for ways of reconciliation. Mr. Kristovskis believes that ethnic Russians and ethnic Latvians should discuss issues of the past and come to a mutual understanding and than to speak about civilized future.

According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Girts Valdis Kristovskis, Latvia should speak with its Russian speaking residents and to search for ways of reconciliation. Mr. Kristovskis believes that ethnic Russians and ethnic Latvians should discuss issues of the past and come to a mutual understanding and than to speak about civilized future. Telegraf

Head of the coordinating council of Russian NGOs Viktors Guscins in an interview with

Head of the coordinating council of Russian NGOs Viktors Guscins in an interview with Vesti Segodnya states that Russia should interfere into the situation with rights and situation of Russian speakers and non-citizens in Latvia as it politically interfered in the situation with Russian citizens residing in South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Mr. Guscins believes that ethnocratic regimes in Latvia and Estonia are becoming tougher.

On the threshold of the Independence Day,

On the threshold of the Independence Day, Diena interviews ethnic non-Latvians residing in Latvia on how they became Latvian patriots.