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.
April 26, 2012
- Nationalists union calls the Council of Electronic Mass Media to pay more attention on how mass media report about issues important for Latvia and ethnic Latvians
- High Commissioner on National Minorities of the OSCE Knut Vollebaek is planning to visit Latvia
The nationalists’ union All for Latvia!/FF-LNIM calls the Council of Electronic Mass Media to pay more attention on how mass media report about issues important for Latvia and ethnic Latvians. Particularly, the nationalists’ union considers that quite often there are cases of cynic attitude towards values important for ethnic Latvians and historical events in Russian language mass media.
The nationalists union All for Latvia!/FF-LNIM calls the Council of Electronic Mass Media to pay more attention on how mass media report about issues important for Latvia and ethnic Latvians. Particularly, the nationalists union considers that quite often there are cases of cynic attitude towards values important for ethnic Latvians and historical events in Russian language mass media. Chas, Vesti Segodnya
Latvijas Avize reports the High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Knut Vollebaek is planning to visit Latvia in July. Last time the Commissioner visited Latvia in February 2011. Then, the High Commissioner acknowledged that Latvia has improved integration of ethnic minorities but also called to grant non-citizens voting rights in municipal elections.