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.

• Young man burned a cross in front of the house where resides a black person
• Head of the Naturalisation Board: we do not want to limit, but improve the naturalisation process
• Raivis Dzintars accuses Diena in intentional attempts to discredit his organisation All for Latvia!

The State Police have detained an 18-year-old man who burned a cross in front of the house where a dark-skinned person lives. The man admitted that he does not like dark-skinned people. Burning the cross was a protest against his dark-skinned neighbour. The young man confessed that the burning of the cross is a ritual he has seen in a documentary film about the Ku-Klux-Klan. The Police started a criminal process on incitement to ethnic and racial hatred.

The State Police have detained an 18-year-old man who burned a cross in front of the house where a dark-skinned person lives. The man admitted that he does not like dark-skinned people. Burning the cross was a protest against his dark-skinned neighbour. The young man confessed that the burning of the cross is a ritual he has seen in a documentary film about the Ku-Klux-Klan. The Police started a criminal process on incitement to ethnic and racial hatred. Chas, Diena, Vesti Segodnya

The Head of the Naturalisation Board Eizenija Aldermane in an interview with

The Head of the Naturalisation Board Eizenija Aldermane in an interview with Telegraf stated that the draft amendments to regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers on naturalisation procedure, prepared by the Minister of Justice, was an initiative of the Naturalisation Board. As reported, the key goal of the draft amendments is improve examination procedure to avoid unlimited possibilities to re-take examinations. We do not like that the number of applicants who do not pass the exams the first time is increasing … We want to longer periods between the re-examinations, so that applicants would have more time for preparation…We do not want to restrict naturalisation, but improve the process, said Eizenija Aldermane.

The leader of the national organisation “All for Latvia!” Raivis Dzintars in a letter published in the daily

The leader of the national organisation All for Latvia! Raivis Dzintars in a letter published in the daily Diena stated that the daily intentionally tries to discredit All for Latvia! before the elections. As reported, on 18 February Diena published a photo depicting Raivis Dzintars and the leader of an opposite extreme grouping Jevgenijs Osipovs (Latvian National Democratic Party) having a conversation. The author of the article also claimed that two leaders might coordinate their activities to accomplish greater publicity. Raivis Dzintars does not deny the fact of the meeting, however, he notes that in the capacity of journalist he meets with numerous leaders of parties and organisations.