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.

• One of the leaders of an NGO “Democratic Patriots” Liene Cipule: first of all, it is important to speak about integration of non-citizens

One of the leaders of an NGO “Democratic Patriots” Liene Cipule in an interview with Diena states that there are no civil political parties in Latvia because all parties more or less are with ethnic distinctions. According to Mrs Cipule, it is absurd to assume that ethnic Latvians are a priori “loyal” but Russians “disloyal” towards the state. Mrs Cipule believes that talks about integration for person who is Latvian citizen regardless of ethnic belonging are insulting and, first of all, it is important to speak about integration of non-citizens because it is also absurd that there are so many non-citizens in the state.