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.

Press Report

People's Party and Fartherland and Freedom/LNNK during the yesterday's meeting agreed that the concept of Integration Program needs several changes to be entered thus it cannot be passed by the government on October 19 as planned earlier. TB/LNNK ministers submitted 34 objections regarding the concept suggesting to stress the Soviet occupation and colonization as the main cause of integration problems. Both parties agreed not to support the suggestion to consider the centralized secondary school exam as the naturalization test. Both parties will not agree to the president's suggestion to allow a foreign language along with Latvian to be placed in public signs and information.

People's Party and Fartherland and Freedom/LNNK during the yesterday's meeting agreed that the concept of Integration Program needs several changes to be entered thus it cannot be passed by the government on October 19 as planned earlier. TB/LNNK ministers submitted 34 objections regarding the concept suggesting to stress the Soviet occupation and colonization as the main cause of integration problems. Both parties agreed not to support the suggestion to consider the centralized secondary school exam as the naturalization test. Both parties will not agree to the president's suggestion to allow a foreign language along with Latvian to be placed in public signs and information. Diena, Panorama Latvii

Diena runs a longer article about the results of naturalization after abolishing the age window system. During the 11 months since abolishing the age restructions almost as many people have applied for naturalization (13,031) as during the four years since naturalization was started in 1995.

Diena runs a longer article about the results of naturalization after abolishing the age window system. During the 11 months since abolishing the age restructions almost as many people have applied for naturalization (13,031) as during the four years since naturalization was started in 1995.

The idea of making public the KGB files suggested by the People's Party and FF/LNNK has not been supported by other parliament factions yet. However, Latvia's Prosecutor General Janis Skrastins expressed very strong support for this move and suggested that along with that restrictions for former KGB collaborators to be elected should be abolished. The president advised to have a public discussion about the desired result of the move.

The idea of making public the KGB files suggested by the People's Party and FF/LNNK has not been supported by other parliament factions yet. However, Latvia's Prosecutor General Janis Skrastins expressed very strong support for this move and suggested that along with that restrictions for former KGB collaborators to be elected should be abolished. The president advised to have a public discussion about the desired result of the move. Diena, Neatkariga

Latvia has been nominated by the European Commission among the six second group countries to join the EU accession negotiations. European Commission has supported the strategy allowing for the more successful applicants to move forward faster than other countries.

Latvia has been nominated by the European Commission among the six second group countries to join the EU accession negotiations. European Commission has supported the strategy allowing for the more successful applicants to move forward faster than other countries. Diena, Neatkariga, Chas,

The association of Latvia's Jews in the US is ready to grant the support for Latvia's commission of historians for the research of the facts of history connected with Holocaust .

The association of Latvia's Jews in the US is ready to grant the support for Latvia's commission of historians for the research of the facts of history connected with Holocaust .