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.

• UNDP report on identity politics around the world
• Rigas Balss writes about re-opening of the case of the Slivenkos family
• Activities of the Headquarters for the Defence of Russian-language Schools

United Nations Development Programme has prepared a Human Development Report 2004, which in this year examines identity politics around the world. The authors of the report argue that people have the right to maintain their ethnic, linguistic, and religious identities. According to the report, the adoption and implementation of policies that recognise and protect these identities are the only sustainable approach in diverse societies. Authors of the report also points to the necessity to address and overcome xenophobic resistance to cultural diversity.

United Nations Development Programme has prepared a Human Development Report 2004, which in this year examines identity politics around the world. The authors of the report argue that people have the right to maintain their ethnic, linguistic, and religious identities. According to the report, the adoption and implementation of policies that recognise and protect these identities are the only sustainable approach in diverse societies. Authors of the report also points to the necessity to address and overcome xenophobic resistance to cultural diversity. Latvijas Vestnesis

Rigas Balss write about re-opening of the case of the Slivenkos family in order to clarify the legal status of Tatjana and Karina Slivenko in Latvia.

Headquarters for the Defence of Russian-language Schools has installed a screen in the centre of Riga, which displays the number of days remaining till 1 September 2004, when the education reform should be implemented in minorities’ schools.

Headquarters for the Defence of Russian-language Schools has installed a screen in the centre of Riga, which displays the number of days remaining till 1 September 2004, when the education reform should be implemented in minorities schools. Vesti Segodnya