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.

• The Union of Greens and Farmers decided to gather support of 34 MPs to halt referendum legislation amendments
• MP Boriss Cilevics: Latvia did not fulfil the recommendations on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities 

The Union of Greens and Farmers (UGF) decided to seek support of 34 MPs in order to initiate referendum on recently adopted referendum legislation amendments. UGF believes the amendments envisage too high threshold for the number of signatures to be collected at the initiators’ own expense. If 34 MPs will support the initiative of UGF, the President would have to suspend the amendments and the Central Election Commission would have to start collecting 150,000 signatures of citizens in order to hold a referendum about the amendments. Chas, Diena, Latvijas Avize, NRA, Telegraf, Vesti Segodnya 

Telegraf interviews MP Boriss Cilevics about Latvia’s second report on the implementation of the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM). According to Mr. Cilevics, since publication of the first report, Latvia did not fulfil the recommendations on the implementation of FCNM. On some accounts, the situation has not changed, such as Latvianisation of minority names and the right to use minority languages in areas populated by minorities historically. According to Mr. Cilevics, on some accounts the situation has deteriorated: Latvia was criticized for unjustified high state language requirements in employment, yet since the last report the list of language requirements was greatly extended and the level of required language proficiency was raised as well.