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

• President of European Commission Romano Prodi accepts the candidature of Latvian Commissioner to European Commission
• Latvian Socialist party is planning to dispute the results of the EU accession referendum
• Draft resolution of European Parliament calls on Russia to sign the border agreement with Latvia
• Critique of statements on education reform by Head of Naturalization Board Eizenija Aldermane
• Simon Wiesenthal Centre will double reward for persons providing information about Nazi crimes in Latvia
• Discussion on societal integration

The President of European Commission Romano Prodi has accepted the candidature of Latvian Foreign Affairs Minister Sandra Kalniete as candidate for the position of Commissioner of European Commission from Latvia.

The President of European Commission Romano Prodi has accepted the candidature of Latvian Foreign Affairs Minister Sandra Kalniete as candidate for the position of Commissioner of European Commission from Latvia. Diena, Neatkariga Rita Avize, Vesti Segodnya, Chas

The Latvian Socialist Party has prepared documentation to submit to the Constitutional Court challenging the EU accession referendum. According to the leader of the party Alfreds Rubiks the referendum was illegitimate because the 22% of permanent residents of Latvia who are non-citizens were not allowed to participate in the referendum.

The Latvian Socialist Party has prepared documentation to submit to the Constitutional Court challenging the EU accession referendum. According to the leader of the party Alfreds Rubiks the referendum was illegitimate because the 22% of permanent residents of Latvia who are non-citizens were not allowed to participate in the referendum. Vesti Segodnya, Telegraf, Chas

The European Parliament is planning to adopt a resolution calling on Russia to sign the border agreement with Latvia and to distribute the treaty on collaboration between Russia and the European Union to the new member states of the EU.

The European Parliament is planning to adopt a resolution calling on Russia to sign the border agreement with Latvia and to distribute the treaty on collaboration between Russia and the European Union to the new member states of the EU. Vesti Segodnya, Chas

Vesti Segodnya features an article by Nikolay Kabanov, MP and journalist, criticizing statements by the Head of Naturalization Board Eizenija Aldermane that the protest actions against education reform 2004 will finish on the 1st of September when the transition to the partial instruction on Latvian language will be implemented. The author believes that the protest actions will continue.

The Simon Wiesenthal Centre representative Efraim Zuroff said that the centre is planning to double the reward to USD 20,000 for the providing of information about Nazi crimes in Latvia, if this information leads to the initiating of criminal case against a suspect.

The Simon Wiesenthal Centre representative Efraim Zuroff said that the centre is planning to double the reward to USD 20,000 for the providing of information about Nazi crimes in Latvia, if this information leads to the initiating of criminal case against a suspect. Telegraf

Vesti Segodnya reports on a discussion on societal integration organized by the Red Cross of Latvia.