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.

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According the data of

According the data of Tevzemei un Brivibai/LNNK Co-ordination Centre, only 6000 signatures for the proposal were collected during the first week. J.Barkans, the Head of the Centre explained that the major factors preventing the campaign to succeed were lack of information about the location of signing districts, slowness of people and that disabled people were not given a possibility to express their wish. Neatkariga

Prof. L.Maijs comments on the article, published in

Prof. L.Maijs comments on the article, published in Neatkariga, about the mysterious OSCE recommendations. He finds these recommendations the least mysterious. It was just MFA officials who did not bother to introduce the society with these documents or at least with the principal issues they contained. If anybody needs the full text of those documents, Mr.Maijs suggests to read the foreign press. Neatkariga

Three EU countries - Austria, Great Britain and Germany plan to address Russia next week in the name of EU to condemn the economic sanctions imposed on Latvia. The agreement on such an notice was reached in Brussels after consultations with EU representatives in both countries. The notice will be handed to the Russian government by the so called “troika” - the ambassadors of the present, past and future EU presiding states. It is said in the notice that both countries, maintaining friendly relations with EU, should have friendly neighbouring relations as well, and Latvia should observe OSCE recommendations, following which , the amendments to the Law on Citizenship were made.

Three EU countries - Austria, Great Britain and Germany plan to address Russia next week in the name of EU to condemn the economic sanctions imposed on Latvia. The agreement on such an notice was reached in Brussels after consultations with EU representatives in both countries. The notice will be handed to the Russian government by the so called troika - the ambassadors of the present, past and future EU presiding states. It is said in the notice that both countries, maintaining friendly relations with EU, should have friendly neighbouring relations as well, and Latvia should observe OSCE recommendations, following which , the amendments to the Law on Citizenship were made. Diena, Neatkariga (27.0798), Panorama Latvii(27.0798)

Saturday supplement of

Saturday supplement of Diena published a large article of Juris Tihonovs about OSCE High Commissioner Max van der Stoel - the most often mentioned and cursed person in Latvia. He has been called in different names, e.g. Death angel, agent of Russian imperialism, etc., and his regular visit to Latvia - poetically compared with winnowing of Death angels wings. Some people say that he has the thickest skin in Europe. Diena

Panorama Latvii

writes about the case of a non-citizen Natalya Raksa, mother of a three year old girl Dana, who is a Latvian citizen. DCMA officials have requested N.Raksa to leave Latvia for residing illegally residing in the country since 1992, but Ms.Raksa explains the situation why she could not receive her propiska.