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.

• The President and the Prime Minister of Latvia greets everyone on Orthodox Christmas
• Critics on the statements about the monuments in Riga
• Interview with school psychologist Irina Philipova on bilingual education

Yesterday, the President and the Prime Minister of Latvia made official statements for the Orthodox Christmas. According the President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers, mutual understanding in religious and ethnic diversity is one of the treasures of Latvia.

Yesterday, the President and the Prime Minister of Latvia made official statements for the Orthodox Christmas. According the President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers, mutual understanding in religious and ethnic diversity is one of the treasures of Latvia. Chas

Vesti Segodnya criticizes member of party For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK (TB/LNNK) Helmi Stalte on her statement about the Victory monument (for the victory over Nazi Germany in 1945) and renovation of Victory Column (for the victory over Napoleon in 1812) in Riga. According to the article, Helmi Stalte said that those are not Latvian victories, those are Russian victories.

In an interview with

In an interview with Vesti Segodnya, school psychologist Irina Philipova stated that bilingual education lead to the burn out of school students. Russian schools now are under great pressure of Latvian language. As a result, children mix up Cyrillic and Latin letters, literacy is decreasing, Russian school students are more loaded than the Latvian school students, and the brains of the students cant take so much information at once.