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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of the Latvian Centre for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies

• Minister of Education and Science is planning to visit 20 minority schools until end of May
• Postponement of the Russian Culture days in Latvia
• DaugavpilsCity Council did not authorize organization of the meeting against the education reform
• Peoples Harmony Party warns about the possibility of new strong protest actions against education reform
• Interview with the ambassador of Latvia to Russia Normans Penke about relationship between Latvia and Russia
• Representatives of the national-radical organization Latvijas Nacionala fronte about decolonization of Latvia

Minister of Education and Science Juris Radzevics is planning to visit 20 minority schools until end of May, in order to clarify opinion of teachers and parents about the preparedness of minority schools to the transition to Latvian as a main language of instruction.

Minister of Education and Science Juris Radzevics is planning to visit 20 minority schools until end of May, in order to clarify opinion of teachers and parents about the preparedness of minority schools to the transition to Latvian as a main language of instruction. Vesti Segodnya

Latvia Ministry of Culture has notified that the Russian Culture days in Latvia, which were planned to take place in 2004, will be postponed till 2006 due to the lack of money. According to the cooperation program between Russia and Latvia, the Culture days must be financed by the state in which it takes place.

Latvia Ministry of Culture has notified that the Russian Culture days in Latvia, which were planned to take place in 2004, will be postponed till 2006 due to the lack of money. According to the cooperation program between Russia and Latvia, the Culture days must be financed by the state in which it takes place. Vesti Segodnya, Chas, Telegraf

Daugavpils City Council has not authorized organization of the meeting against the education reform in town, planned by the Daugavpils section of the Headquarters for the Defense of Russian-language Schools. There are approximately 50 members of the Headquarters section in Daugavpils.

Daugavpils City Council has not authorized organization of the meeting against the education reform in town, planned by the Daugavpils section of the Headquarters for the Defense of Russian-language Schools. There are approximately 50 members of the Headquarters section in Daugavpils. Vesti Segodnya

People’s Harmony Party (PHP) has spread a statement, voicing support for the first steps made by the government in order to release tension around the education reform’s implementation in the society. At the same time PHP warns that time for the situation analysis in minority schools is almost over, and new strong protest actions against education reform will take place in case problems are not resolved.

Peoples Harmony Party (PHP) has spread a statement, voicing support for the first steps made by the government in order to release tension around the education reforms implementation in the society. At the same time PHP warns that time for the situation analysis in minority schools is almost over, and new strong protest actions against education reform will take place in case problems are not resolved. Diena

Latvijas Avize features an interview with the ambassador of Latvia to Russia Normans Penke about relationship between Latvia and Russia. According to the ambassador, there had been no constructive political dialogue between Russia and Latvia since Latvian regained independence.

Chas features an interview with the representatives of the radical national organization ‘Latvijas Nacionala fronte (National Front of Latvia) Liene Apine and Liga Muzikante, who state that Latvia should be ‘liberated from occupants. According to the representatives of the National Front of Latvia, a Law on Decolonization should be adopted, stipulating attraction of financing for ‘peaceful repatriation of occupants to their ethnic fatherland.