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.

• Parliament of Unrepresented appealed to the President of Ukraine asking to cancel visa requirement to Ukraine for Latvian non-citizens
• Jakovs Pliners warns state officials about new protests against Latvianisation of minority schools

The Parliament of Unrepresented appealed to the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich asking to cancel visa requirement to Ukraine for Latvian non-citizens. According to representatives of the Parliament, large number of Latvian non-citizens has kinship and friendship ties with Ukraine and it would be advisable to allow them travel to Ukraine without visas equally with Latvian citizens. Vesti Segodnya

Ex-MP, presently one of the leaders of a movement “For Progress in Latvia” Jakovs Pliners appealed with on open letter to the President of Latvia, the Prime Minister, and the Saeima’s Speaker regarding proposals of nationalists to transfer education in all state funded preschools and schools into Latvian language only. According to Mr Pliners, such proposals contradict will of ethnic minorities and raise interethnic tensions in the society. Mr Pliners also warned the state authorities that if such proposals are granted official support people will be raised for large protests like those arranged in 2004-2005 against language reform in Russian speaking schools. Vesti Segodnya