Integration monitor
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.
Sept. 8, 2011
According to Telegraf, ethnic voting might be overcome at the up-coming Saeimas elections. The newspaper notes that some so-called traditionally ethnic Latvian parties started to address the Russian speaking residents by translating agitation materials and web pages into Russian. Political scientist Ivars Ijabs believes that a desire to overcome the ethnic split grew for representatives of both ethnic communities. Mr Ijabs also believes that ethnic Latvian parties do not address the Russian speaking residents because do not know how to speak to them.
NGOs the Latvian Human Rights Committee, the Humanitarian Perspective and the Union of Citizens and Non-citizens appealed to the European and international institutions reminding about the problem of mass scale non-citizenship in Latvia. The authors of the appeal believe that naturalisation mechanism is ineffective and does not solve the problem; in the meantime, 15 October 2011 will mark 20 years since Latvian residents were divided into citizens and non-citizens.NGOs the Latvian Human Rights Committee, the Humanitarian Perspective and the Union of Citizens and Non-citizens appealed to the European and international institutions reminding about the problem of mass scale non-citizenship in Latvia. The authors of the appeal believe that naturalisation mechanism is ineffective and does not solve the problem; in the meantime, 15 October 2011 will mark 20 years since Latvian residents were divided into citizens and non-citizens. Vesti Segodnya