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.

• Diena features several articles about minority schools in Latvia.
• European Parliament discusses the Framework Decision on Combating Racism and Xenophobia

Diena features several articles about minority schools in Latvia. Referring to the Director of the State General Education Evaluation Agency Evija Papule, the newspaper states that the ethnic composition of students of minority schools is becoming more diverse as the parents start to appreciate advantages of bilingual education offered by minority schools. Approximately 10 – 12 percent of students enrolled in schools having Latvian and Russian as the main instruction languages are not Latvians or Russians. Parents of children enrolled in minority schools argue that a flexible approach towards use of languages and tolerance towards persons of different ethnicity and cultural competence are the main benefits offered by minority schools. The newspaper also prints a comprehensive article about the Rezekne Polish Secondary School.

Russian-language newspapers report on debates about the Framework Decision on Combating Racism and Xenophobia launched at the European Parliament. According to the draft framework decision, criminal liability should be stipulated for intentional public incitement to violence or hatred, public insults or threats, public denial of genocide or crimes against humanity as defined in the Statute of the International Criminal Court, public dissemination or distribution of texts, pictures or other material containing expressions of racism and xenophobia and directing of a racist or xenophobic group. Russian-language newspapers report on debates about the Framework Decision on Combating Racism and Xenophobia launched at the European Parliament. According to the draft framework decision, criminal liability should be stipulated for intentional public incitement to violence or hatred, public insults or threats, public denial of genocide or crimes against humanity as defined in the Statute of the International Criminal Court, public dissemination or distribution of texts, pictures or other material containing expressions of racism and xenophobia and directing of a racist or xenophobic group. Chas, Vesti SegodnyaChas, Vesti Segodnya