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.

• Commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust took place yesterday
• Politicians about mass media
• Naturalisation procedures in other countries

Yesterday a commemorative event of the victims of the Holocaust was held on Gogola Street where a Jewish synagogue was burned down during World War II. Representatives of the Jewish community, the President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, the Social Integration Affairs Minister Ainars Latkovskis, the Riga Mayor Aivars Aksenoks, MPs and representatives of foreign embassies participated in the event.  On behalf of Latvia, the President expressed her deepest sympathy to and solidarity with the Jewish nation for its sufferings and stressed that Latvia is determined to make sure that such things would never happen again.

Yesterday a commemorative event of the victims of the Holocaust was held on Gogola Street where a Jewish synagogue was burned down during World War II. Representatives of the Jewish community, the President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, the Social Integration Affairs Minister Ainars Latkovskis, the Riga Mayor Aivars Aksenoks, MPs and representatives of foreign embassies participated in the event. On behalf of Latvia, the President expressed her deepest sympathy to and solidarity with the Jewish nation for its sufferings and stressed that Latvia is determined to make sure that such things would never happen again. Latvijas Vestnesis, Diena, Latvijas Avize, Chas, Vesti Segodnya

Telegraf asks a number of politicians about their attitude towards mass media. Some of the politicians surveyed such as Tatyana Zdanok (FHRUL), Karlis Sadurskis (The New Era), Yakovs Pliners (FHRUL), note that there are differences between the Latvian and Russian press. Tatyana Zdanok states that there are Latvian newspapers, in particular Latvijas Avize, which has never asked her opinion, however, has spoken on her behalf on a number of occasions. While Karlis Sadurskis notes that he loves mass media, especially the Russian language press because ‘it has promoted his activities as nobody else.

In the response to the announcement that amendments to the Citizenship Law are under development,

In the response to the announcement that amendments to the Citizenship Law are under development, Latvijas Avize prints information about naturalisation procedures and requirements in other European countries.