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.

• President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers: state officials should speak with journalists only in Latvian

The President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers at a congress of the World Federation of Free Latvians (WFFL) criticized state officials who speak with journalists in foreign languages. The President believes that state officials should speak with journalists only in Latvian language in order to gain respect. Also, head of the WFFL stated that there is hidden process of russification in Latvia and one of its indicators is the fact that state officials speak Russian publicly.

The President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers at a congress of the World Federation of Free Latvians (WFFL) criticized state officials who speak with journalists in foreign languages. The President believes that state officials should speak with journalists only in Latvian language in order to gain respect. Also, head of the WFFL stated that there is hidden process of russification in Latvia and one of its indicators is the fact that state officials speak Russian publicly. Vesti Segodnya