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.

• Diena prints an article about Armenians in Latvia
• Jevgenijs Osipovs: if Russian becomes official in Latvia the society will be more open, tolerant, free and wise

Diena starts to publish series of articles about integration process in Latvia in the eyes of the most active representatives of ethnic minorities. Today the newspaper prints an article about Armenians in Latvia. According to the head of the Armenian Cultural Centre Rafi Haradzanjans, word immigrant is too many times mentioned in the new draft integration program elaborated by the Ministry of Culture and it can offend people. Mr Haradzanjans also is concerned that the draft integration program stipulates that only ethnic communities which understand state policy will be granted support. Mr Haradzanjans believes that ethnic minorities should display biggest interest in integration process but also ethnic Latvians should make a step towards minorities.

One of the initiators of the collection of signatures for granting Russian the status of official language, leader of the Osipovs’ Party Jevgenijs Osipovs in an interview with

One of the initiators of the collection of signatures for granting Russian the status of official language, leader of the Osipovs Party Jevgenijs Osipovs in an interview with Chas states that if Russian becomes official in Latvia the society will be more open, tolerant, free and wise. Mr Osipovs also states that present activities in support of Russian language got fostered by activities of Latvian nationalists against the education in Russian.