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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The Baltic Assembly supported the agreement between the tree Baltic states and approved of the idea of the Baltic Council that will provide the framework for the co-operation between the Baltic Assembly and the Baltic Council of Ministers. The Baltic Council of Ministers is expected to be founded in June this year in Tallinn. The resolution by the Assembly calls upon Russia to stop its pressure on Estonia and to set August 31 as the date of complete withdrawal of its troops. It was also stated in the resolution that pressure on any of the three countries would be considered a threat to all three Baltic states.

The Baltic Assembly supported the agreement between the tree Baltic states and approved of the idea of the Baltic Council that will provide the framework for the co-operation between the Baltic Assembly and the Baltic Council of Ministers. The Baltic Council of Ministers is expected to be founded in June this year in Tallinn. The resolution by the Assembly calls upon Russia to stop its pressure on Estonia and to set August 31 as the date of complete withdrawal of its troops. It was also stated in the resolution that pressure on any of the three countries would be considered a threat to all three Baltic states. Diena, Labrit, Neatkariga Cina

Talks between the Ministry of Defence officials and the US delegation were held on May 15. Head of the US delegation Deputy-Secretary of Defence Charles Freeman told journalists that the President's administration asked the Congress for financial aid to Latvia for the improvement of its defence system.

Talks between the Ministry of Defence officials and the US delegation were held on May 15. Head of the US delegation Deputy-Secretary of Defence Charles Freeman told journalists that the President's administration asked the Congress for financial aid to Latvia for the improvement of its defence system. Diena, Neatkariga