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.

• Baltic Forum will take place in Riga next week

Vesti Segodnya reports that the Baltic Forum is scheduled to take place in Riga next week. The newspaper notes that while relations between Latvia and Russia are not very good, it is time for the peoples diplomacy between the two countries. The Baltic Forum will involve prominent journalists and cultural experts from both countries.