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.

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of the Latvian Centre for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies

• Deputy of European Parliament asks the European Commission to evaluate education reform
• More minority students get education in schools with Latvian language of instruction
• Proposals of the Latvian Association for Support of Schools with Russian Language of Instruction
• Vesti Segodnya reports German newspapers view that Russians, Byelorussians and Ukrainians in Latvia will become the largest Russian-speaking minority in the EU

Nelly Maes, the deputy of the European Parliament from Belgium has sent the request to the European Commission asking to evaluate if the education reform in Latvia conforms to European values of cultural and linguistic diversity and fundamental rights.

Nelly Maes, the deputy of the European Parliament from Belgium has sent the request to the European Commission asking to evaluate if the education reform in Latvia conforms to European values of cultural and linguistic diversity and fundamental rights. Lauku Avize

An increasing number of minority students study in schools with Latvian language of instruction. According to a survey commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Science, about 9% of students have chosen Latvian as the language of instruction. According to

An increasing number of minority students study in schools with Latvian language of instruction. According to a survey commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Science, about 9% of students have chosen Latvian as the language of instruction. According to Lauku Avize, encouraging minority children to study in schools with Latvian language of instruction should not be a priority of the state education policy. Ina Druviete, the Head of theSaeima Human Rights Committee and one of authors of the survey, believes that the number of minority children in a class should not exceed 50%, since that would allegedly endanger the Latvian language environment. Diena, Lauku Avize

Russian-language newspapers publish the new education reform proposals of the Latvian Association for Support of Schools with Russian Language of Instruction.  Another suggestion is that the Ministry of Education and Science establish a department of minority education.

Russian-language newspapers publish the new education reform proposals of the Latvian Association for Support of Schools with Russian Language of Instruction. Another suggestion is that the Ministry of Education and Science establish a department of minority education. Vesti Segodnya

Vesti Segodna refersto an article in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that 677000 Russians and 150000 Byelorussians and Ukrainians will became residents of the EU when Latvia joins the EU, thus becoming the largest Russian-speaking minority in the EU. The German paper also comments on the Latvian education reform.