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 prints an article about the problems and the integration of Roma in Latvia
• Newspapers report about a visit of young journalists and students from Russia to Latvia

Latvijas Avize prints an article about the problems and integration of Roma in Latvia. According to the interviewed Roma family, they allege they face contemptuous and suspicious attitudes from different institutions, in shops and other places. The head of the Roma NGO in Jelgava (city in the central part of Latvia) states that the lack of education is the main obstacle to Roma integration. The head of the NGO also states that a large number of working age Roma have emigrated from Latvia to other countries.

Latvijas Avize and Vesti Segodnya report about a visit of young journalists and students from Russia to Latvia. According to Latvijas Avize, the visit helped them challenge their stereotypes about Latvia as the country which is hostile towards Russians, the Russian language and the fact that Russians are being discriminated in the country. Vesti Segodnya, in its turn, notes that visitors shaped their perceptions after meetings with the representatives of state institutions and some NGOs, however, meetings with representatives of the Russian language media and Russian NGOs were not included on their agenda.