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.

• Number of people who renounce Latvian Citizenship increases
• NRA reports on positive effects of the minority education reform on students of a Secondary School in Jelgava
• Leader of the Jewish Community about education in Latvia
• Rigas Balss: the Latvian First Party is the only party which declares that it orients to voters from all ethnic groups
• Chas writes that the Mezmalas Secondary School will review exclusion of a student from school because he was collecting signatures against the implementation of the minority education reform

According to the data provided by the Naturalisation Board a number of people who renounce Latvian citizenship is increasing. The people who renounce Latvian citizenship are young, educated and many of them are Latvians, while those who renounce Latvian citizenship among non-Latvians are mainly older people. In total 1760 people have renounced Latvian citizenship since 1999.

According to the data provided by the Naturalisation Board a number of people who renounce Latvian citizenship is increasing. The people who renounce Latvian citizenship are young, educated and many of them are Latvians, while those who renounce Latvian citizenship among non-Latvians are mainly older people. In total 1760 people have renounced Latvian citizenship since 1999. Diena, NRA, Telegraf

NRA reports on the effects of the minority education reform on students of the Secondary School No 6 in Jelgava. The director of the school states that the school had done everything to make the implementation of the reform successful: teachers attended courses, new teaching aids were acquired, and discussions with students and their parents were hold. The analysis of the academic success level of students reveals that the academic success of students in subjects which last year were taught in Russian but this year in Latvian has improved. The director concludes that on the whole the attitude towards the reform is positive.

Latvijas Avize talks to the Executive Director of the Riga Jewish Community Gita Umanovska. She suggests that in the future the proportion of the usage of the Russian language at schools should be reduced, that is those children who are not Latvians and not Russians should not study in Russian. She states that measures should be taken to ensure that non-Latvian children would be accepted and feel comfortable at Latvian schools.

Rigas Balss writes about the forthcoming municipal elections. The newspaper states that all parties focus on specific ethnic groups, but the Latvian First Party, which has openly stated that it addresses people from all ethnic groups. The Latvian First Party has declared that it will form a Minority Department and Advisory Council, which would represent members of minorities, if the party is elected in the Riga City Council.

Chas reports about a case of a pupil of the 12th grade of the Mezmalas Secondary School Jevgenijs Sazonovs. He is accused in offending a teacher, although he states that he did not offended her. The pupil argues that accusations are false and made because he was collecting signatures of other pupils against the implementation of the minority education reform. The Board of Schools Teachers will review a possibility to exclude Jevgenijs Sazonovs from school in its todays meeting.