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.

Integration and Minority Information Service

Integration and Minority Information Service
of the Latvian Centre for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies

• Russia will criticise Latvia in the OSCE PA
• Chas features an article about citizenship issues in Latvia
• Response to the article about Russian identities in Latvia

Chas, Vesti Segodnya

report that the Speaker of the Russian State Duma Genady Seleznov is planning to give a speech in the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE with the aim to harshly criticise the minority situation in Latvia. report that the Speaker of the Russian State Duma Genady Seleznov is planning to give a speech in the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE with the aim to harshly criticise the minority situation in Latvia.

Chas

features an article about citizenship issues in Latvia and the study on the reasons why non-citizens do not want to naturalise. The author of the article believes that the most effective measure to decrease the great number of non-citizens in Latvia is to award Latvian citizenship everybody who was born in the country irrespectively of the time when s/he was born. features an article about citizenship issues in Latvia and the study on the reasons why non-citizens do not want to naturalise. The author of the article believes that the most effective measure to decrease the great number of non-citizens in Latvia is to award Latvian citizenship everybody who was born in the country irrespectively of the time when s/he was born.

Diena

features an article by the journalist Yuriy Zubkov. The article is a response to the publication by Aldis Rozentals Russian Identities in Latvia. Zubkov opposes the stance of Aldis Rozentals and states that he does not have any of three identification types indicated by Rozentals although Zubkov is Russian as well. He also objects to the interpretation of the term assimilation which according to Rozentals could be volunteering. features an article by the journalist Yuriy Zubkov. The article is a response to the publication by Aldis Rozentals “Russian Identities in Latvia.” Zubkov opposes the stance of Aldis Rozentals and states that he does not have any of three identification types indicated by Rozentals although Zubkov is Russian as well. He also objects to the interpretation of the term “assimilation” which according to Rozentals could be volunteering. The public policy portal "politika.lv" prints a number of reports concerning integration and minority issues:

The public policy portal "politika.lv" prints a number of reports concerning integration and minority issues:

"Protecting Minorities in Europe. A Briefing Paper: From Analysis to Action" by Minority Rights Group International.

"The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. APolicy Analysis" written by Alan Phillips and financed by Minority RightsGroup International.