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.

• Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma: results of a study about the mood of Russian speaking residents in Latvia will be publicly available

In a reply letter to the Saeima’s faction of the Concord Centre, the Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma stated that results of a study about the mood of Russian speaking residents in Latvia ordered by the government will be publicly available. At the same time, the Prime Minister said that detailed information about the study is not public because a decision on it was made at a closed session of the Cabinet of Ministers and has status “for service purposes.” Mrs Straujuma also said that one of the government’s priorities is to strengthen sense of belonging to Latvia and promote society consolidation and use of Latvian language. As reported, the government ordered the study about the mood of Russian speaking residents in Latvia, but all the detailed information about is kept in secret.   Vesti Segodnya, Latvijas Avize