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.

• Minister of Education Ina Druviete: idea of Russia’s schools in Latvia is politically and legally unacceptable

Commenting Russia’s plans announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov to open Russia’s schools in Latvia, the new Minister of Education Ina Druviete stated that such idea is politically and legally unacceptable. According to the Minister, education program in all schools including private should correspond with Latvian standards, with the only exclusion of two education establishments – the International School of Latvia and Riga French School which have been established on the basis of a cross-country agreement.  At the same time, another representative of the Ministry of Education supposes that the model of a Sunday school is the only option how Russia’s schools could possibly work in Latvia. Latvijas Avize