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.

• Riga City Council granted additional funding for Latvian language courses
• Political scientist Ilga Kreituse: local Russians want to be Latvian Russians, European Russians and therefore do not support radical ideas

The Riga City Council granted LVL 31,736 for five Latvian language learning courses for Riga residents. The priority target group for the courses is personnel of Riga preschool establishments. In total, it is planned to train 489 persons. Latvijas Avize

Latvijas Avize prints an interview with political scientist Ilga Kreituse about the current developments in Latvian politics. According to Mrs Kreituse, the elections to the Riga City Council showed that Russians speakers are less inclined to support radical nationalistic issues than ethnic Latvians. It is approved by the fact that the party “For Native Language” and radically minded leaders gain very little support of Riga residents. Mrs Kreituse believes that ethnic Russian residents of Latvia do not want to become like Russia’s Russians but they want to be Latvian Russians, European Russians and therefore do not support radical ideas. Mrs Kreituse also believes that it is important to follow the activities of the radical Russian activists and from which sources they receive funding.