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.

• Several thousands people celebrate the Victory day
• Conference Legal Norms on National Minority Education: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow? will be hold on 13 May
• Department of Education of the Riga City Council is planning to audit the number of students in several Russian-language schools

Yesterday, several thousands people took part in the “Victory Day” celebrations (9 May was celebrated as the end of World War II in the Soviet Union) in Riga and  other cities of Latvia. While a number of Latvian nationalists held a protest action, arguing that 9 May is not a celebration for Latvia but rather the beginning of Latvia’s occupation. The radical right-wing political party “All for Latvia!” held a conference “Is the war over?” Leader of the party Raivis Dzintars stated that Latvians have to fight for Latvian Latvia: “ideological, political and psychological war for Latvia still goes on.”

Yesterday, several thousands people took part in the Victory Day celebrations (9 May was celebrated as the end of World War II in the Soviet Union) in Riga and other cities of Latvia. While a number of Latvian nationalists held a protest action, arguing that 9 May is not a celebration for Latvia but rather the beginning of Latvias occupation. The radical right-wing political party All for Latvia! held a conference Is the war over? Leader of the party Raivis Dzintars stated that Latvians have to fight for Latvian Latvia: ideological, political and psychological war for Latvia still goes on. Chas, Vesti Segodnya, Latvijas Avize, Diena, NRA

The political party “The Concord Centre” in cooperation with several Russian NGOs will hold a conference “Legal Norms on National Minority Education: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow?” on 13 May. The conference will cover three basic themes: legal norms concerning minority education in independent Latvia in 1918-1939; international experience; and potential of the draft project on minority schools.

The political party The Concord Centre in cooperation with several Russian NGOs will hold a conference Legal Norms on National Minority Education: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow? on 13 May. The conference will cover three basic themes: legal norms concerning minority education in independent Latvia in 1918-1939; international experience; and potential of the draft project on minority schools. Chas

The Department of Education of the Riga City Council is planning to audit the actual number of students in several Russian-language schools. A representative of the Department stated that there are five schools in Riga which have difficulties to collect the required number of students to be able to open a class. As reported, one school in Riga providing studies in Russian was caught cheating with a number of enrolled students in order to receive state funding.

The Department of Education of the Riga City Council is planning to audit the actual number of students in several Russian-language schools. A representative of the Department stated that there are five schools in Riga which have difficulties to collect the required number of students to be able to open a class. As reported, one school in Riga providing studies in Russian was caught cheating with a number of enrolled students in order to receive state funding. Chas, Vesti Segodnya