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

Neatkariga

has obtained a copy of Russias federal draft law On Activities of the Russian Federation to Prevent Violation of the Basic Rights of the Russian Citizens and Ethnic Russians in the Republic of Latvia and introduces the readers with the main points mentioned in the document. has obtained a copy of Russia’s federal draft law On Activities of the Russian Federation to Prevent Violation of the Basic Rights of the Russian Citizens and Ethnic Russians in the Republic of Latvia and introduces the readers with the main points mentioned in the document. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Vladimir Rahmanin informed BNS that visit of the Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov to Latvia was still on the agenda. He noted that “Moscow is inclined to develop good neighbour relations with Latvia”. Specific time of the visit will be agreed through diplomatic channels.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Vladimir Rahmanin informed BNS that visit of the Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov to Latvia was still on the agenda. He noted that Moscow is inclined to develop good neighbour relations with Latvia. Specific time of the visit will be agreed through diplomatic channels. Neatkariga

In response to an event in Talsi where a young gypsy man Mareks Ignats was not allowed in a cafe because of being gypsy and the following claim Mareks submitted to Latvia’s Human Rights Office,

In response to an event in Talsi where a young gypsy man Mareks Ignats was not allowed in a cafe because of being gypsy and the following claim Mareks submitted to Latvias Human Rights Office, Chas devotes a full page to the issues of ethnic discrimination, also telling about the situation in the US and revealing the history of Jew-baiting in Europe. In response to the claim from Mareks the Human Rights Office has initiated a service investigation in the National Guards battalion as one of their officers guarded the cafe. Head of the Human Rights Office Olafs Bruvers invites the readers to inform the office about any cases of ethnic discrimination.