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.

• Prime Minister Indulis Emsis admits that protest actions against the education reform may cause a difficult situation on September 1
• Latvian members of the European Parliament (EP) plan to call to evaluate the Molotov-Ribbentroph Agreement
• Cabinet of Ministers reviews the draft National Programme against Intolerance
• The leaders of the Latvian Association for the Support of Russian-language Schools Olga Isakova and Igors Pimenovs talk about the implementation of the education reform
• Article of the President of Baltic Forum Janis Urbanovics on social integration in Latvia
• Information booth for propaganda against the education reform

The Prime Minister Indulis Emsis admits that protest actions against the education reform which are planned on September 1 may cause a very difficult and even dangerous situation in the country. Indulis Emsis also believes that the protest actions against the education reform are the ‘attempts to stir the public before municipal elections’.

The Prime Minister Indulis Emsis admits that protest actions against the education reform which are planned on September 1 may cause a very difficult and even dangerous situation in the country. Indulis Emsis also believes that the protest actions against the education reform are the ‘attempts to stir the public before municipal elections. Chas

Latvian members of the European Parliament (EP), elected from the party For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM, plan to appeal to the EP and ask to evaluate the Molotov-Ribbentroph Agreement and its consequences.

Latvian members of the European Parliament (EP), elected from the party For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM, plan to appeal to the EP and ask to evaluate the Molotov-Ribbentroph Agreement and its consequences. Latvijas Avize, referring to the one of the MPs Guntars Krasts, states that MPs want that Russia admits that the Molotov-Ribbentroph Agreement has illegally divided Europe and the USSR was one of the forces, actively participating in this criminal action. Diena, Latvijas Avize

Today the Cabinet of Ministers plans to review the draft National Programme against Intolerance, prepared by the Special Tasks Minister’s for Society Integration Secretariat. According to the studies, the main manifestations of intolerance are concerned with ethnic and religious affiliation. The particular risk group are Romany people.

Today the Cabinet of Ministers plans to review the draft National Programme against Intolerance, prepared by the Special Tasks Ministers for Society Integration Secretariat. According to the studies, the main manifestations of intolerance are concerned with ethnic and religious affiliation. The particular risk group are Romany people. Vesti Segodnya

Russian language newspapers feature articles by the leaders of the Latvian Association for the Support of Russian-language Schools (LASHOR) Olga Isakova and Igors Pimenovs about organisation’s dialogue with the Ministry of Education and Science concerning the education reform and the situation inside the LASHOR after its disunion. Both activists in the article, published by

Russian language newspapers feature articles by the leaders of the Latvian Association for the Support of Russian-language Schools (LASHOR) Olga Isakova and Igors Pimenovs about organisations dialogue with the Ministry of Education and Science concerning the education reform and the situation inside the LASHOR after its disunion. Both activists in the article, published by Vesti Segodnya, point to the fact that the education reform applies not only to secondary but also to other levels of minority education. They stress that now the LASHOR has a dialogue with the Ministry on the implementation of education reform in primary school. In the article, published by the Telegraf, Igors Pimenovs also states that the Advisory Board of the Ministry should also review other proposals offered by the LASHOR, such as establishing a moratorium on the implementation of the education reform until 2007 and increasing competence of school councils. According to Igors Pimenovs, minority school councils should have the right to choose the language of instruction and the educational programmes. Vesti Segodnya, Telegraf, Chas

Chas prints an article by the president of Baltic Forum Janis Urbanovics on social integration in Latvia. Janis Urbanovics points to the necessity of development of a new ‘positive programme on elimination of the cleavage in society. According to the chairperson, in the programme should recognised that not only Latvians, but also Russians and other minorities live legally in Latvia and do not include attempts ‘to convert minorities into Latvians.

Representatives of the union For Human Rights in the United Latvia have set up an information booth in the centre of Riga to inform passing people about, according to them, ‘dangerous education reform’.

Representatives of the union For Human Rights in the United Latvia have set up an information booth in the centre of Riga to inform passing people about, according to them, ‘dangerous education reform. Rigas Balss, Latvijas Avize