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.

• Latvijas Avize reports about a discussion Preservation of Latvian Language – is there a Common Interest?

Latvijas Avize reports about a discussion Preservation of Latvian Language – is there a Common Interest? organised by an NGO Humanitarian Perspective. Young people, members of the largest political parties took part in the discussion. The participants discussed state language norms in education and mass media and language policy. According to the majority of the participants, Latvian language proficiency of majority of ethnic non-Latvian young people has noticeably improved for the past years. The young people also agreed that Latvian language is state language which should unite society.