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.

Press Report

Press Report

Opposition deputies may submit a draft bill on dismissing Mr. Alfred Cepanis from the post of the

Opposition deputies may submit a draft bill on dismissing Mr. Alfred Cepanis from the post of the Saeima Speaker. The deputies criticized Cepanis for lobbying the interests of the "Kienast Metall" company. The German company was removing the wrecks of Russian war ships from the Liepaja port upon a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense. Mr. Cepanis supported the company in obtaining a permission required for extending the contract. Diena

Five thousand inhabitants of Latvia have received citizenship through naturalization. Mrs. Stoniene, an ethnic Lithuanian, was the five-thousandth applicant receiving her citizen's passport last Friday in Jelgava. She was congratulated by Head of the Naturalization Board Aldermane and Lithuanian Ambassador Rimantas Karazija at the Jelgava City Hall.

Five thousand inhabitants of Latvia have received citizenship through naturalization. Mrs. Stoniene, an ethnic Lithuanian, was the five-thousandth applicant receiving her citizen's passport last Friday in Jelgava. She was congratulated by Head of the Naturalization Board Aldermane and Lithuanian Ambassador Rimantas Karazija at the Jelgava City Hall. Diena

Deputy-Director of the Bureau for Protection of Satversme Uldis Dzenitis told

Deputy-Director of the Bureau for Protection of Satversme Uldis Dzenitis told "SM" that the explosion at the Monument to the Liberators of Riga was organized by individual terrorist having no connection to any organized group. Both of them died during the explosion. SM