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.

• Saeima refused the draft amendments to the State Language Law introducing the notion of ethnic minority language
• Proposal to grant state funding for a campaign in support of Latvian as the only state language

The Saeima refused the draft amendments to the State Language Law introducing the notion of ethnic minority language proposed by the Concord Centre (CC). The CC called these draft amendments a compromise solution for the language issues. The CC proposed to widen opportunities to use minority languages in communication with public authorities in areas where minority population comprise more than 20% of the residents, as well as to revoke reservations made by Latvia when ratifying the Council of Europes Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. Latvijas Avize, Telegraf

The MP Artis Kampars (the Unity) and the Saeimas Speaker Solvita Aboltina, on the threshold of the national referendum on granting Russian language status of state language in Latvia, propose to hold a public campaign in support of the Latvian language as the only state language funded by state means. The politicians believe Latvian language is one of pillars of the Latvian state and it is logical to grant state funding for its protection. One of the initiators of the campaign of granting Russian status of state language Vladimirs Lindermans, in his turn stated that if the state funding is granted for such campaign, he will initiate the new collection of signatures in support of dissolution of the Parliament. Vesti Segodnya