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.

Press Report

The Chairman of

The Chairman of Latvijas Cels A.Pantelejevs acknowledged in the 7th congress of LC that their co-operation with TB/LNNK was not satisfactory at all. He said that part of Peoples Party members admitted a possibility to participate in the government, replacing Tevzemei un Brivibai/LNNK. In his turn, TB/LNNK leader M.Grinblats stressed that all efforts should be taken to strengthen the existing government. Diena

The candidate to the post of the State President from

The candidate to the post of the State President from Latvijas Cels Anatolijs Gorbunovs announced during the Latvijas Cels congress that he did not want to run for this post due to moral reasons. The Chairman of this party thinks that A.Gorbunovs does not belong to himself and this decision has to be considered seriously. Diena , Jauna Avize, SM

A.Pantelejevs has been elected the Chairman of

A.Pantelejevs has been elected the Chairman of Latvijas Cels at the party congress repeatedly. He set the target for the party for the next four years - to complete a construction of a civic society in Latvia. Diena, Jauna Avize, SM, Bizness & Baltiya

The Saeima deputy from the faction “For Human Rights in united Latvia” A.Urbanovics took part in the foundation congress of Russian party “Fatherland”, organised by the Mayor of Moscow A.Luzhkov. According to Latvian deputy, A.Luzhkov had made two shocking statements: 1) Russia should become a unitary state otherwise it would cease to exist; 2) the results of privatisation should be reconsidered. During the congress A.Urbanovics had several meetings with administrators of Pskov and Leningrad regions to discuss co-operation between neighbouring regions.

The Saeima deputy from the faction For Human Rights in united Latvia A.Urbanovics took part in the foundation congress of Russian party Fatherland, organised by the Mayor of Moscow A.Luzhkov. According to Latvian deputy, A.Luzhkov had made two shocking statements: 1) Russia should become a unitary state otherwise it would cease to exist; 2) the results of privatisation should be reconsidered. During the congress A.Urbanovics had several meetings with administrators of Pskov and Leningrad regions to discuss co-operation between neighbouring regions. SM

L.Fedoseyev, when writing about the 7th congress of

Latvijas Cels, states that this party with its new goal of building an integrated society in Latvia is responsible for dividing Latvian society because it was LC government who adopted this division into citizens and non-citizens. SM

L.Fedoseyev publishes also an article on the process of formation and international recognition of the new Latvian state in 1918 - 1921.

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