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.

• Diena prints an interview with the Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland

Diena prints an interview with the Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland, who visited Latvia recently. According to Mr Jagland, Latvia has solid democracy, but still it has some problems. For instance, Mr Jagland named problems regarding minorities and non-citizens. Mr Jagland especially emphasized the large number of children with non-citizens’ status and stated that it is positive that the Parliament discusses the possibility to grant Latvian citizenship to children of non-citizens automatically.