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.

• Chas reports on a case under the revision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) of a Latvian pensioner, non-citizen Natalija Andrejeva
• Chas reports about a book Identity of Russians in Latvia: Historical and Sociological Study
• Head of the State Border Guards Gundars Dabolins: number of illegal immigrants in Latvia might increase soon
• Latvijas Avize reports that a racist greeting was published on 1 January on a chat of the First Baltic Musical Channel

Chas reports on a case under the revision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) of a Latvian pensioner, non-citizen Natalija Andrejeva who objects to the fact that the years of her employment spent outside of Latvia in Soviet times not included into the total length of service. The claim was submitted to the ECHR in 2000 and recently was forwarded to the Great Chamber of the ECHR for revision. The newspaper argues that if Mrs. Andrejeva wins the case Latvia will have to repeal the refusal to include years of employment spent outside of Latvia by non-citizens.

Chas reports about a book Identity of Russians in Latvia: Historical and Sociological Study edited by the academicians Ilga Apine and Vladislavs Volkovs with financial support of the Secretariat of the Special Assignments Minister for Social Integration. The book is an overview of historical development and the present state of Russian identity in Latvia. According to the authors, Russians in Latvia have strong collective identity.

The Head of the State Border Guard Gundars Dabolins has stated that the number of illegal immigrants in Latvia might increase soon because the country has joined the Shengen zone and it is hard to control incomers.

The Head of the State Border Guard Gundars Dabolins has stated that the number of illegal immigrants in Latvia might increase soon because the country has joined the Shengen zone and it is hard to control incomers. Vesti Segodnya

Latvijas Avize reports that a greeting Happy New Year, Aryans! (signed Skinheads) appeared on 1 January on a chat of the First Baltic Musical Channel. Representative of the Ombudsmans Office has stated that such greeting is unpleasant and unacceptable, however it will be very hard to prove that it incites to racial or ethnic hatred.