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.

• Government has accepted the draft law on granting of about LVL 32, 000 000 to the Jewish Community of Latvia
• The candidate for the Minister of Justice outlines restriction of the naturalisation process as one of priority tasks
• Vesti Segodnya features an article about a daughter of ex-soviet militarist who has been deported to Russia

Yesterday, the government has approved a draft law on the granting of about LVL 32 000 000 (EUR 45 531 897) to the Jewish Community of Latvia during the upcoming ten years’ period. The funding is to be granted as a compensation for the lost property during the Holocaust. According to the draft law, the state will support the renewal and preservation of the Jewish cultural heritage, the development of the Jewish community, funding of cultural, educational and others public events, social assistance to the Holocaust’s victims, and the organisation of commemorative events. The government is planning to submit the draft law to the parliament.

Yesterday, the government has approved a draft law on the granting of about LVL 32000 000 (EUR 45 531 897) to the Jewish Community of Latvia during the upcoming ten years period. The funding is to be granted as a compensation for the lost property during the Holocaust. According to the draft law, the state will support the renewal and preservation of the Jewish cultural heritage, the development of the Jewish community, funding of cultural, educational and others public events, social assistance to the Holocausts victims, and the organisation of commemorative events. The government is planning to submit the draft law to the parliament. Chas, Vesti Segodnya, Telegraf, Latvijas Avize, NRA

The candidate for the post of the new Minister of Justice Gaidis Berzins from the party For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM has stated that one of the priorities of his activities will be restriction of the naturalisation process. In the interview with

The candidate for the post of the new Minister of Justice Gaidis Berzins from the party For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM has stated that one of the priorities of his activities will be restriction of the naturalisation process. In the interview with Telegraf, Gaidis Berzins has pointed to the need to introduce stricter criteria for granting citizenship in order to stop mass naturalisation. Telegraf, Chas, Vesti Segodnya. Latvijas Avize

Vesti Segodnya prints an article on Svetlana Venevceva, a daughter of ex-soviet militarist arrived to Latvia in 1972. In 1996, the Office of Citizenship and Migration has deprived her of her passport and personal code and demanded to leave Latvia. Although Svetlana Venevceva appealed the decision to the court, she was deported to Russia in 2004 due to insufficient time and funds to renew personal documents. Presently Svetlana Venevceva is trying to get a long-term residence permit in order to live with her mother and 12 years old daughter in Latvia.