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.

• Yesterday 668 persons were granted Latvian citizenship
• Vesti Segodnya claims that leader of the political party Fatherlands Union Martins Draudins has made insulting statements towards Jews

Yesterday, the Cabinet of Ministers granted Latvian citizenship through naturalisation to 668 persons, including 36 minors. 68% of new citizens are Russians, 12%- Ukrainians, 10% -Belorussians. Overall 116, 529 persons have been granted Latvian citizenship since the procedure was launched in 1995.

Yesterday, the Cabinet of Ministers granted Latvian citizenship through naturalisation to 668 persons, including 36 minors. 68% of new citizens are Russians, 12%- Ukrainians, 10% -Belorussians. Overall 116, 529 persons have been granted Latvian citizenship since the procedure was launched in 1995. Vesti Segodnya, NRA

Vesti Segodnya reports that the leader of the political party Fatherlands Union Martins Draudins in an interview with a nationalistic internet portal www.latvietis.com has made insulting statements towards Jews. Martins Draudins also argued that the Adolf Hitlers book Mein Kampf is a good book.