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.

• Prosecutors Office of the Riga Regional Court has brought charges against 19-year-old woman for incitement to ethnic hatred
• MP Boris Cilevics: problems in forming the governing coalition in Latvia are caused by unwillingness to co-operate with parties representing Russian speakers in Latvia
• General Director of the Employers Confederation of Latvia Elina Egle: labour force might be imported to Latvia from distant Asian countries

The Prosecutor’s Office of the Riga Regional Court has brought charges against 19-year-old woman for incitement to ethnic hatred. In 2004, in a discussion on an internet forum called “Do the Slavs have to leave Latvia?”, the woman wrote that “the Slavic people must be deported from Latvia because they are cheap labour force”. The woman has admitted the guilt arguing that she made it because of light-mindedness.

The Prosecutors Office of the Riga Regional Court has brought charges against 19-year-old woman for incitement to ethnic hatred. In 2004, in a discussion on an internet forum called Do the Slavs have to leave Latvia?, the woman wrote that the Slavic people must be deported from Latvia because they are cheap labour force. The woman has admitted the guilt arguing that she made it because of light-mindedness. Vesti Segodnya

In an interview with

In an interview with Telegraf, the MP Boris Cilevics (The Concord Centre) has stated that problems in forming the governing coalition in Latvia are caused mainly by the prejudice that government should be formed only by ethnic Latvian parties and unwillingness to co-operate with parties who conditionally represent Russian speaking residents of Latvia.

The General Director of the Employers’ Confederation of Latvia Elina Egle has stated that despite possible simplification for import of foreign labour force to Latvia, there will be no fast influx of guest workers from so-called “third countries” because these countries also have a shortage of labour force. Therefore, according to Elina Egle, labour force might be imported from distant Asian countries. As reported, the Committee of the Cabinet of Ministers has accepted the Migration Concept in the Context of Employment which stipulates simplification of administrative procedures and reduction of costs for attraction and usage of foreign labour force. The Concept also stipulates elaboration of forecasts about development of labour market in Latvia and criteria for attraction of labour force.

The General Director of the Employers Confederation of Latvia Elina Egle has stated that despite possible simplification for import of foreign labour force to Latvia, there will be no fast influx of guest workers from so-called third countries because these countries also have a shortage of labour force. Therefore, according to Elina Egle, labour force might be imported from distant Asian countries. As reported, the Committee of the Cabinet of Ministers has accepted the Migration Concept in the Context of Employment which stipulates simplification of administrative procedures and reduction of costs for attraction and usage of foreign labour force. The Concept also stipulates elaboration of forecasts about development of labour market in Latvia and criteria for attraction of labour force. Telegraf