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.

• Minister of Education: first results of minority education reform could be seen and analyzed in a year
• Old believers and Orthodox Christians are celebrating Christmas
• Head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Latvia: Orthodoxy draws Russians in Latvia together

The Minister of Education Inna Druviete in an interview with the National Radio stated that the first results of bilingual education implemented in national minority schools could be seen and analyzed only in a year, when students, subjected to the reform, graduate. Inna Druviete also stated that the instruction language in state higher education establishments must be only Latvian, because according to Latvian legislation Latvian is the only official language.

The Minister of Education Inna Druviete in an interview with the National Radio stated that the first results of bilingual education implemented in national minority schools could be seen and analyzed only in a year, when students, subjected to the reform, graduate. Inna Druviete also stated that the instruction language in state higher education establishments must be only Latvian, because according to Latvian legislation Latvian is the only official language. Chas

On Saturday, Old Believers and Russian Orthodox Christians celebrated Christmas. The Latvian Association for Support of Schools with Education in the Russian language (LASHOR in its Russian acronym) together with the Slavic Historical Community in Riga organized a students competition “Important events and great people in Russia.”

On Saturday, Old Believers and Russian Orthodox Christians celebrated Christmas. The Latvian Association for Support of Schools with Education in the Russian language (LASHOR in its Russian acronym) together with the Slavic Historical Community in Riga organized a students competition Important events and great people in Russia. Vesti Segodnya

The Head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Latvia Metropolitan Aleksandr in an interview with

The Head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Latvia Metropolitan Aleksandr in an interview with Chas, said that the Orthodox Church is the only thing that unites Russians in Latvia. Metropolitan Aleksandr also expressed his dissatisfaction with people who use the Russian Orthodox Church for their political benefits in pre-election campaigns.