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-elect of Latvia Raimonds Vejonis: Latvia should be proud of its national minority schools

The newly elected President of Latvia (currently the Minister of Defence) Raimonds Vejonis in an interview with Vesti Segodnya stated that Latvia should be proud of its national minority schools. Mr Vejonis believes that the bilingual education system has proved its effectiveness and no radical reforms are needed. At the same time, he did not exclude that in the future the basic subjects could be taught in Latvian language, but national minorities will have possibility to learn their native language, traditions and culture. Raimonds Vejonis also stated that he does not support introduction of refugee quotas and it is more important to provide help to the refugees’ countries of origin.