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.

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Teachers of Russian-language schools interviewed by

Teachers of Russian-language schools interviewed by "DIENA" complained about the lack of text-books for teaching their subjects in the Latvian language. Head of the State m for the Teaching of the Latvian Language Ms. Aija Priedite stresses the importance of creating a theoretical and material basis for the teaching of Latvian in minority schools. The most serious problem faced by the Russian-language schools is the lack of teachers able to teach their subjects in the Latvian language.