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

Peoples Party

conference with 235 votes for affirmed the Saeima deputy V.Paegle as their candidate to the post of the State President. Journalist, present at this conference, had an impression that the Chairman of the party, by energetic manipulations, tried to force the people present to nominate nobody else but V.Paegle. conference with 235 votes for affirmed the Saeima deputy V.Paegle as their candidate to the post of the State President. Journalist, present at this conference, had an impression that the Chairman of the party, by energetic manipulations, tried to force the people present to nominate nobody else but V.Paegle. Neatkariga, Jauna Avize, Diena, Chas, Bizness & Baltiya Neatkariga, Jauna Avize, Diena, Chas, Bizness & Baltiya

Vice Speaker of the Saeima G.Bojars, speaking on a Russian TV channel asked Russia to renew the activities of the intergovernmental commission to solve the problems of Russian speakers in Latvia. He pointed out that many of those problems were connected with the fact that Russia was not interested to work in this commission to discuss many social welfare issues of Russian speakers in Latvia. Vice Speaker of the Saeima G.Bojars, speaking on a Russian TV channel asked Russia to renew the activities of the intergovernmental commission to solve the problems of Russian speakers in Latvia. He pointed out that many of those problems were connected with the fact that Russia was not interested to work in this commission to discuss many social welfare issues of Russian speakers in Latvia. Jauna Avize Jauna Avize

Historian K.Kangeris from Stockholm University writes about the problem of March 16 and analyses the reasons of it. Historian K.Kangeris from Stockholm University writes about the problem of March 16 and analyses the reasons of it. DienaDiena

No decision was made whether to send the amendments to the law “On national holidays and commemoration days”. The whole discussion lasted just for four minutes.

No decision was made whether to send the amendments to the law On national holidays and commemoration days. The whole discussion lasted just for four minutes. Panorama Latvii