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.

• Nationalistss party All for Latvia! call to suspend broadcasts of TV5 and to close programme Un-censored
• Eurostat: 17,9% of Latvian residents do not have Latvian citizenship
• Mayor of Riga City Council Nils: ethnic conflicts in Latvia are aggravated by statements of certain politicians

Nationalists’s party All for Latvia! calls on the National Radio and Television Council to suspend broadcasts of Russian language TV Channel TV5 for one week as a punishment for violation of usage of state language. The party also calls to close programme “Un-censored” and dismiss its host Andrejs Mamikins because it alleges the programme regularly insults ethnic Latvians and Latvia.

Nationalistss party All for Latvia! calls on the National Radio and Television Council to suspend broadcasts of Russian language TV Channel TV5 for one week as a punishment for violation of usage of state language. The party also calls to close programme Un-censored and dismiss its host Andrejs Mamikins because it alleges the programme regularly insults ethnic Latvians and Latvia. Chas, Vesti Segodnya

According to the “Eurostat” statistics for 2009, 17,9% of Latvian residents do not have Latvian citizenship. It is second largest proportion of residing foreign citizens and non-citizens among the EU states. 404,000 non-citizens, foreign citizens and persons whose citizenship is unknown resided in Latvia in 2009, including 9,400 EU citizens.

According to the Eurostat statistics for 2009, 17,9% of Latvian residents do not have Latvian citizenship. It is second largest proportion of residing foreign citizens and non-citizens among the EU states. 404,000 non-citizens, foreign citizens and persons whose citizenship is unknown resided in Latvia in 2009, including 9,400 EU citizens. Diena

Mayor of Riga City Council Nils Usakovs in an interview to

Mayor of Riga City Council Nils Usakovs in an interview to Neatkariga stated that ethnic conflicts in Latvia are aggravated by statements of certain politicians. According to Mr. Usakovs, the majority of those who celebrate the Victory over Nazism day are positive about Latvia and ethnic Latvians. Mr. Usakovs believes that it will be much easer to preserve Latvian language when local ethnic Russian residents will be considered as friends not enemies.