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.

• Vesti Segodnya reports about complaints of Russian speaking residents on medical personnel of one of the largest hospitals in Riga who refuse to speak Russian to non-Latvian patients
• Constitutional Court refused a claim about non-conformance of regulations on state language requirements for local deputies with the Constitution

Vesti Segodnya reports about complaints of Russian speaking residents on medical personnel of one of the largest hospitals in Riga who refuse to speak Russian to non-Latvian patients or do it unwillingly. Newspaper describes a case when an old man who spoke to a nurse in Russian got reproach why he does not speak Latvian. Representative of the hospital refused rude treatment of Russian speaking residents arguing that there are many Russian speaking doctors and patients and language problem does not exist.

The Constitutional Court of Latvia refused a claim about non-conformance of the Rules of the Cabinet of Ministers about state language requirements for local deputies with the Constitution. The claim was submitted by the ex-deputies of Jekabpils Natalja Cehova and Liepaja Valerijs Kravcovs who were subjected to the state language inspections after adoption of regulation stipulating that the local deputies should be proficient in Latvian language for the highest category. The claimants argued that among ethnic minority citizens of Latvia, about 80% (300,000 persons) do not correspond to such requirements and thus their right to be elected to the local government is violated. Vesti Segodnya