Integration monitor
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.
Aug. 18, 2009
- Vesti Segodnya prints an article about radical nationalists using Latvian social network
- Symbol of swastika spotted in a field near Riga
Vesti Segodnya prints an article about radical nationalists using one of the largest Latvian social networks www.draugiem.lv According to the article, there is a number of users who call themselves with Nazi nicknames and establish closed discussion groups about such issues as Nazi Army, Adolf Hitler, Latvian Waffen SS legion, National Socialism.
Vesti Segodnya reports that a symbol of swastika was spotted in a field in a village near Riga. The swastika was noticed by a photographer from a plane. The swastika is 16x16 metres in size and is formed of fresh grown green grass which contrasts against withered grass. Residents of the village do not know who made the symbol of swastika on the field.