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.

• State Language Centre reproved the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau for bilingual posters
• Latvijas Avize: a year after referendum on status of Russian language
• Ombudsman Juris Jansons: integration of immigrants is not topical issue for Latvia

The State Language Centre (SLC) reproved the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau for bilingual posters. The Bureau began a campaign on prevention of corruption in health care and issued posters with a text in Latvian and Russian languages together. It was planned to put the posters in medical institutions. However, according to the SLC, the bilingual posters cannot be placed in public places because it is violation of the State Language Law. Head of the Bureau Jaroslavs Strelcenoks explained that the posters got issued in two languages with an aim to target as large number of residents as possible. However, due to reproach of the SLC, instead of bilingual posters the Bureau will distribute publicly only posters in Latvian language. Diena

Latvijas Avize prints an article about the referendum on granting Russian language status of a state language in Latvia conducted a year ago and about any changes in integration field since then. According to the article, despite the fact that right after the referendum the politicians argued about the failure of integration policy and the need to improve, almost no practical steps were made to improve it. Also, up to this day, no research was made in order to discover why about 25% of citizens voted for Russian language, what were the reasons and where are the problems. According to a resident of Latgale (Eastern region of Latvia, the majority of  its residents voted for Russian language) interviewed by the newspaper, for many people who voted for Russian language it was more a social protest against existing state policy

The Ombudsman Juris Jansons believes integration of immigrants is not a topical issue for Latvia because Latvia is not attractive in terms of social support, employment and other opportunities. The Ombudsman also believes that violation of human rights of asylum seekers in not a top problem in Latvia and there are no flagrant violations regarding their accommodation conditions. Neatkariga