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.

• Government report on human rights situation in Latvia prepared for the UN
• Owner of a car vandalised by unknown persons who scratched swastika on it complaints that police does nothing to investigate the case
• Security Police: MP Valerijs Kravcovs received Latvian citizenship legally

The government prepared a report on human rights situation in Latvia for the UN. The report says that there is considerable progress in integration and naturalisation field in Latvia.  According to it, “integration program in Latvia is successfully implemented; ethnic minorities have rights to preserve and develop their language, ethnic and cultural diversity; non-Latvians are effectively engaged in decision making process; there is no discrimination on ethnic, religious and language grounds.” Human rights experts commenting the report state that such positive reports are traditional for state authorities. 

The government prepared a report on human rights situation in Latvia for the UN. The report says that there is considerable progress in integration and naturalisation field in Latvia. According to it, integration program in Latvia is successfully implemented; ethnic minorities have rights to preserve and develop their language, ethnic and cultural diversity; non-Latvians are effectively engaged in decision making process; there is no discrimination on ethnic, religious and language grounds. Human rights experts commenting the report state that such positive reports are traditional for state authorities. Telegraf, Vesti Segodnya

Vesti Segodnya reports that a resident of Riga whose car was vandalised by unknown persons who scratched swastika on it complaints that police does nothing to investigate the case. According to the cars owner Nazi symbol was scratched because the car was decorated with Russias flag and St. George ribbon, however, the police qualified the case as hooliganism.

Vesti Segodnya reports that the Security Police (SP) has already checked the naturalisation process of the MP Valerijs Kravcovs (Concord Centre) and concluded that it was done legally. As reported, the MP Visvaldis Lacis (nationalist party All for Latvia!) again asked the SP to check whether Mr. Kravcovs legally received citizenship going trough naturalisation process. Valerijs Kravcovs is also in under special attention of the State Language Centre due to low state language proficiency.