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.

• Representatives of the Headquarters for the Defence of Russian-language Schools visit the Council of Europe
• Embassy of Israel issues an official statement concerning the publishing and distribution of the envelopes with the images of Herberts Cukurs
• Interview with the deputy chairperson of the recently established party ‘New Policy Alfreds Cepanis

Eight representatives of the Headquarters for the Defence of Russian-language Schools, among them four Russian-speaking students, have visited the Council of Europe. During a meeting with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Terry Davis and the First Human Rights Commissioner Alvaro Gill-Robles the representatives of the Headquarters have noted that the implementation of the education reform in Latvia is a violation of minority rights.

Eight representatives of the Headquarters for the Defence of Russian-language Schools, among them four Russian-speaking students, have visited the Council of Europe. During a meeting with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Terry Davis and the First Human Rights Commissioner Alvaro Gill-Robles the representatives of the Headquarters have noted that the implementation of the education reform in Latvia is a violation of minority rights. Latvijas Avize, Vesti Segodnya, Telegraf

Embassy of Israel has issued an official statement concerning the publishing and distribution of the envelopes with the images of Herberts Cukurs accused in the participation of the Holocaust. The Embassy of Israel has called Latvia to respond to these activities immediately. According to the statement, any attempts to rehabilitate Herberts Cukurs would denigrate the memory of almost 80,000 victims of the Holocaust.

Embassy of Israel has issued an official statement concerning the publishing and distribution of the envelopes with the images of Herberts Cukurs accused in the participation of the Holocaust. The Embassy of Israel has called Latvia to respond to these activities immediately. According to the statement, any attempts to rehabilitate Herberts Cukurs would denigrate the memory of almost 80,000 victims of the Holocaust. Telegraf features an interview with the member of the Historians Commission established under auspices of the President of Latvia and the director of the museum ‘Jews in Latvia Margers Vestermans about the biography of Herberts Cukurs. Vesti Segodnya, Telegraf

Latvijas Avize prints an interview with the deputy chairperson of the recently established party ‘New Policy Alfreds Cepanis about the goals of the party. According to Alfreds Cepanis, those Russians, who have participated in the formation of the party, do not support the ideas of the Socialist Party and the union For Human Rights in the United Latvia anymore. Hence the New Policy could attract those Russians who are perceived as ethnic enemies. The deputy chairman also stresses that the thesis, included in the party programme, about the maintenance of possibilities to acquire secondary education in minority languages should not be interpreted as partys support for the moratorium on the education reform.