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.

• Foreigners enter fictive marriages with Latvian citizens and non-citizens in order to receive permanent residence permits
• 28 foreign investors have applied for residence permits in Latvia since the amendments to the Immigration Law
• State Police deny that a mass fight among ethnic Russian and ethnic Latvian youths on the election night in Riga was ethnically motivated

According to the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, foreigners enter fictive marriages with Latvian citizens and non-citizens in order to receive permanent residence permits in Latvia. Residence permits got annulled in six cases of fictive marriages in 2009.

According to the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, foreigners enter fictive marriages with Latvian citizens and non-citizens in order to receive permanent residence permits in Latvia. Residence permits got annulled in six cases of fictive marriages in 2009. Diena

28 foreign investors have applied for residence permits in Latvia since the amendments to the Immigration Law which eased residence permit procedures became effective on 1 July. Half of the investors bought real estate in the country, others made large investments in Latvian credit institutions or in basic capital of domestic enterprises.

28 foreign investors have applied for residence permits in Latvia since the amendments to the Immigration Law which eased residence permit procedures became effective on 1 July. Half of the investors bought real estate in the country, others made large investments in Latvian credit institutions or in basic capital of domestic enterprises. Diena

The State Police deny that a mass fight among ethnic Russian and ethnic Latvian youths on the election night in Riga was ethnically motivated. According to the Police, persons who took part in the fight and witnesses deny that the conflict arouse due to interethnic disagreement. As reported, the municipal police maintained that it was ethnically motivated fight.

The State Police deny that a mass fight among ethnic Russian and ethnic Latvian youths on the election night in Riga was ethnically motivated. According to the Police, persons who took part in the fight and witnesses deny that the conflict arouse due to interethnic disagreement. As reported, the municipal police maintained that it was ethnically motivated fight. Latvijas Avize