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.

• 59,5% of Latvian residents are ethnic Latvians
• Vesti Segodnya prints an article about housing conditions of Roma in Jurmala

According to the Central Statistical Bureau, 59,5% of Latvian residents are ethnic Latvians. This is the highest indicator for past 20 years. In 1989 ethnic Latvians comprised 52,5% of population in Latvia. The second largest ethnic group is Russians – 27,4%, and the third largest ethnic group is Belorussians – 3,5%.

According to the Central Statistical Bureau, 59,5% of Latvian residents are ethnic Latvians. This is the highest indicator for past 20 years. In 1989 ethnic Latvians comprised 52,5% of population in Latvia. The second largest ethnic group is Russians – 27,4%, and the third largest ethnic group is Belorussians – 3,5%. Telegraf

Vesti Segodnya prints an article about housing conditions of Roma in Jurmala (seaside city to the west of Riga). Correspondent of the newspaper visited a social apartment house where the majority of inhabitants are Roma. According to the article, the only convenience in the house is electricity. The Roma inhabitants are unemployed and live on temporary earnings.