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.

• Chamber of Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court will continue the review of a case of ex-deputy of the Riga City Council Aleksandrs Gilmans in June 2008
• Weekly magazine Nedela prints an article about foreign labour migration to Latvia

Latvijas Avize reports that the Chamber of Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court will continue the review of a case of ex-deputy of the Riga City Council Aleksandrs Gilmans in June 2008. As reported, Aleksandrs Gilmans is charged for anti-governmental statements made on the internet forum of the Headquarters for the Defence of Russian Schools homepage. In November, the Court has received repeated linguistic expertise made by the Latvian Association of Independent Experts.

Weekly magazine

Weekly magazine Nedela prints an article about foreign labour migration to Latvia. Columnist of the magazine considers that Latvia should keep and even strengthen existing bureaucratic obstacles to the influx of cheep labour force from non-EU countries, while migration of highly qualified labour force should be promoted. The Columnist also believes that Latvia should develop a system on full-fledge involvement of domestic labour force into Latvian labour market.