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.

• Nationalist Aivars Slucis: build a wall on the eastern border against the evil and gather together to clean Latvia
• Former MP Vladimirs Buzajevs: the number of ethnic Latvians declined by 3%, Russians by 32%
• Nationalists union delivered to the Central Election Commission 10,111 signatures gathered for the proposal to finance only schools with Latvian language of instruction

Diena publishes article by nationalist Aivars Slucis, who calls to build a wall on the eastern border of Latvia against the darkness, evil, death that is coming out of there during the last 500 years. This should be a psychological wall in the minds and thoughts of ethnic Latvians, as he believes ethnic Latvians are bowing before ethnic Russians despite the facts that Russia is decaying and every year hundreds of thousands of the most educated ethnic Russians are emigrating from Russia and billions of US dollars are being transferred from Russia. Mr.Slucis believes ethnic Russians are descendants of Stalins murderers and he links ethnic Russians to the drug trade in South America, weapons trade in Asia and desecration of Jewish graves in Riga. According to Mr.Slucis, nearly all ethnic Russians in Latvia are the 5th column and without ethnic Russians, there would be no corruption in Latvia. He argues for reduction of ethnic Russian population of Latvia and calls upon ethnic Latvians to gather together for a big public cleaning effort.

Vesti Segodnya interviews Vladimirs Buzajevs, former MP and the author of book How ethnic Russians are being squeezed out. During the last 22 years the population declined by 420000 (14%) and the number of different ethnic groups in Latvia decreased differently: Latvians by 3%, Russians by 32%, Byelorussians by 33%, Ukrainians by 40%, Jews by 57%. The decrease is attributed to emigration and to the number of deaths exceeding births. According to the author, the birth rate among ethnic minorities is 25% lower than among ethnic Latvians, while the number of deaths is 16% higher than among ethnic Latvians. The author believes the differences are caused by various factors, such as citizenship and language legislation and related differences in rights, higher unemployment and hidden discrimination in the labor market, lack of career and education opportunities for younger generations, lack of security for elderly.

Nationalist’s union All for Latvia!-FF/LNIM delivered to the Central Election Commission 10,111 signatures gathered for the proposal to finance only schools with Latvian language of instruction. The Commission will check the validity of the signatures and if the required number (10,000) is gathered, the state-funded collection of signatures for this proposal will start in May.

Nationalists union All for Latvia!-FF/LNIM delivered to the Central Election Commission 10,111 signatures gathered for the proposal to finance only schools with Latvian language of instruction. The Commission will check the validity of the signatures and if the required number (10,000) is gathered, the state-funded collection of signatures for this proposal will start in May. Diena, Neatkariga, Latvijas Avize, Vesti-Segodnya, Chas