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.

• President Andris Berzins: a new generation has emerged, which is fluent in Latvian, yet is not interested in integration

 In an interview with the news agency Baltic Business Service, the President of the Republic of Latvia Andris Berzins has stated that since independence, a whole new generation has emerged, which is fluent in Latvian, yet is not interested in integration of society. Mr.Berzins believes this issue needs more attention, and it is necessary to analyse how to attract the majority of the society to the idea of forming an integrated society. In the meantime, the President believes that on the everyday level, the cleavages between different groups of society are still not very deep. The president suggests that one of the positive ways of facilitating integration of society is the inclusion of national minority groups in the Latvian Song and Dance Festival. Vesti-Segodnya