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.

 

• Integration Minister about the mass media
• Two persons fined for racist comments on the Internet

The Integration Minister Oskars Kastens believes that Latvia’s society is not divided into two communities though there are some signs of the two-community society in the mass media. He believes that newspapers should provide some space to uncensored views and opinions.

The Integration Minister Oskars Kastens believes that Latvias society is not divided into two communities though there are some signs of the two-community society in the mass media. He believes that newspapers should provide some space to uncensored views and opinions. Chas

Prosecutor of the Riga Regional Prosecutor’s Office has determined fines for two persons who published racist and anti-Semitic comments on the internet portal www.draugiem.lv. The fine is five times minimum wage, that is LVL 400 (≈EUR 570).

Prosecutor of the Riga Regional Prosecutors Office has determined fines for two persons who published racist and anti-Semitic comments on the internet portal www.draugiem.lv. The fine is five times minimum wage, that is LVL 400 (≈EUR 570). Diena, Latvijas Avize