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.

• National Census: the majority of Latvian residents or 62% speaks Latvian language at home

According to the results of the National Census conducted in 2011, the majority of Latvian residents or 62% speaks Latvian language at home. 37,2% of population speak Russian at home. Only 0,7 % of Latvian residents speak at home in other languages such as Ukrainian, Belorussian, Polish etc. The biggest number of Latvian speaking residents is in Vidzeme region – 91,2%. In Kurzeme region, it is 79,7%, in Zemgale region 76%, and in Riga – 73,5%. 8,8% of Latvian residents also use Latgalian language in every day life. 95% of Latvian residents in the age 25 – 64 speak at least one foreign language. Telegraf