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.

• Border guards started to learn Arabic language
• Vesti Segodnya reports about the collection of signatures in support of granting citizenship to all Latvian non-citizens automatically
• Jevgenijs Osipovs: number of Riga residents will follow the initiative to place the street signs in Latvian and Russian languages

According to the State Border Guard Service, some of its workers started to learn Arabic language due to the large number of immigrants from Arabic speaking countries. The courses for border guards are co-funded by the European Commission. Border guards learn also other languages such as English, French and Spanish.

According to the State Border Guard Service, some of its workers started to learn Arabic language due to the large number of immigrants from Arabic speaking countries. The courses for border guards are co-funded by the European Commission. Border guards learn also other languages such as English, French and Spanish. Diena, Chas

Vesti Segodnya reports about the collection of signatures in support of the draft amendments to the Citizenship Law stipulating granting citizenship to all Latvian non-citizens automatically. The initiators of the action movement For Equal Rights brought the notary to the Riga district in which several higher education establishments are situated in order to attract students to the initiative. Students who signed for the initiatives explain that they do it in favour of their parents and grandparents who are non-citizens. At present, slightly more than a 1,000 signatures were collected.

According to one of the leaders of an NGO “Native Language” Jevgenijs Osipovs, a number of Riga residents will follow the initiative to place the street signs in Latvian and Russian languages. Such initiative was launched by Osipovs in Liepaja (city in the Western part of Latvia). However, the newspaper

According to one of the leaders of an NGO Native Language Jevgenijs Osipovs, a number of Riga residents will follow the initiative to place the street signs in Latvian and Russian languages. Such initiative was launched by Osipovs in Liepaja (city in the Western part of Latvia). However, the newspaper Vesti Segodnya notes, the rules of the Riga City Council stipulate that the street signs in the city should be placed only in the state language, otherwise the owner of the house might be fined.