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.

• Ethnic Latvians living abroad ask not to exclude Latvians who live in Russia or other non-EU and non-NATO countries from the list of persons who have the right for dual citizenship
• Head of the Latvias Russian Cultural Society criticizes the draft guidelines for society integration

The Saeima’s Legal Affairs Committee received a letter from ethnic Latvians living abroad regarding the elaboration of draft amendments to the Citizenship Law stipulating dual citizenship. Authors of the letter ask not to exclude Latvians who live in Russia and CIS countries or other non-EU and non-NATO countries from the list of persons who have the right for dual citizenship.  According to the letter, only in Russia there are 30,000 ethnic Latvians majority of whom were repressed by Stalin’s regime or their descendants.

The Saeimas Legal Affairs Committee received a letter from ethnic Latvians living abroad regarding the elaboration of draft amendments to the Citizenship Law stipulating dual citizenship. Authors of the letter ask not to exclude Latvians who live in Russia and CIS countries or other non-EU and non-NATO countries from the list of persons who have the right for dual citizenship. According to the letter, only in Russia there are 30,000 ethnic Latvians majority of whom were repressed by Stalins regime or their descendants. Vesti Segodnya

Diena prints an article about the new draft guidelines for society integration elaborated by the Ministry of Culture. Commenting the draft guidelines, head of the Latvias Russian Cultural Society Jelena Matjakubova states that it is wrong to propose a person to become ethnic Latvian because persons from ethnically mixed families have their own identity. Mrs Matjakubova says: As being ethnic Russian, I cannot become ethnic Latvian but I can be a part of the Latvian society. As reported, among the main political principles, the new draft guidelines stipulates the openness of the ethnic Latvians nation – it is also possible to become ethnic Latvian while every persons choice is to determine whether, along with ethnic Latvians identity, he or she is also willing to preserve minority identity.