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.

• Saeima refused the draft amendments to the Labour Law limiting usage of foreign languages in labour market
• Latvijas Avize prints opinion of the Council of Jewish Communities of Latvia regarding restitution of Jewish properties
• MP Valerijs Kravcovs: nationalists distract attention from more important issues
• Yuriy Luzhkov in an interview with Diena states that the main reason why he wants to receive residence permit in Latvia is business interests

Yesterday, the Saeima refused the draft amendments to the Labour Law limiting usage of Russian and other foreign languages in labour market. The amendments proposed by the nationalists’ union All for Latvia!-For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM stipulated that employers have right to require from employees proficiency in foreign languages only if it is impossible to fulfil work functions without corresponding language.

Yesterday, the Saeima refused the draft amendments to the Labour Law limiting usage of Russian and other foreign languages in labour market. The amendments proposed by the nationalists union All for Latvia!-For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM stipulated that employers have right to require from employees proficiency in foreign languages only if it is impossible to fulfil work functions without corresponding language. Telegraf, Vesti Segodnya, Chas, Latvijas Avize

Latvijas Avize prints opinion of the Council of Jewish Communities of Latvia regarding restitution of Jewish properties. The Council considers that Latvia should return to the Jewish community properties which belonged to Jewish community and Jewish families exterminated during the Holocaust. The Council believes that it would be restoration of historical and human justice.

The MP Valerijs Kravcovs (Concord Centre) in response to criticism about his poor Latvian language proficiency states that the aim of the fuss created around him is to distract attention from more important issues. As reported, the parliamentary majority refused to support draft law prepared by the nationalists’ union All for Latvia!-For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM

The MP Valerijs Kravcovs (Concord Centre) in response to criticism about his poor Latvian language proficiency states that the aim of the fuss created around him is to distract attention from more important issues. As reported, the parliamentary majority refused to support draft law prepared by the nationalists union All for Latvia!-For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM on exclusion of Mr. Kravcovs from the Saeima due to insufficient state language proficiency. Vesti Segodnya, Neatkariga

The ex-Mayor of Moscow Yuriy Luzhkov in an interview with

The ex-Mayor of Moscow Yuriy Luzhkov in an interview with Diena states that the main reason why he wants to receive residence permit in Latvia is business interests. Mr. Luzhkov believes that the recent decision to include him into Latvias black list was made on political grounds. As reported, Mr. Luzhkov applied for residence permit in Latvia on the basis of his financial investments in Latvia, but shortly after filing his application he was included into the list of persons whose entrance to Latvia is denied.