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.

• Diena engages into discussions on difficulties to register a child, whose one parent is a Latvian non-citizen
• Latvijas Avize reports on the visit of the Latvian delegation to the Council of Europes Parliamentary Assembly Monitoring Committee
• Newspapers report on a planned visit of the USA President George W.Bush to Latvia on 6 May

Diena engages into discussions on difficulties to register a child, whose one parent is a Latvian non-citizen and the other – a citizen of Russia. The daily looks into the case of the Deneiko family. At the moment the recently born child has an identification document which does not contain a personal code. The lack of the personal code means that a child is not entitled to receive state and municipal allowances, cannot apply for a place at kindergarten, etc. Officials of the Citizenship and Migration Affairs Office suggest childs parents to apply for Russian citizenship, then the child will receive the personal code, and afterwards they may renounce childs Russian citizenship and apply for Latvian. The mother states that she disagrees with the offered solution and argues that she does not want to experiment with her child as in practice there have not been such cases. While officials of the CMAO state that their biggest concern is to reduce the number of people without citizenship in the country. Integration experts and officials, however, note that citizens of another country, in particularly Russia, should not be artificially increased. The possible solution, which is also acceptable to the Deneiko family, is awarding the child a temporary personal code till his mother naturalises.

Latvijas Avize reports on the visit of the Latvian delegation to the Council of Europes Parliamentary Assembly Monitoring Committee. During the Committees meeting naturalisation process, the implementation of the minority education reform and ratification of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities were discussed. The Head of the Latvian delegation to the PACE Andris Berzins has recognised that the PACE may stop the post-monitoring of minority issues in Latvia if Latvia ratifies the Framework Convention.

Newspapers report on a planned visit of the USA President George W.Bush to Latvia on 6 May. The foreign affairs experts interpret this visit as a clear and strong signal to Russia to stop interfering in the affairs of its neighbouring countries.

Newspapers report on a planned visit of the USA President George W.Bush to Latvia on 6 May. The foreign affairs experts interpret this visit as a clear and strong signal to Russia to stop interfering in the affairs of its neighbouring countries. Diena, Neatkariga Rita Avize, Latvijas Avize, Chas