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.

• Saeima rejected the draft amendments forbidding employers from requiring employees foreign language proficiency
• Chas prints an article by a lawyer Jelizaveta Krivcova about integration issues in Latvia

Yesterday, the Saeima rejected the draft amendments to the Labour Law forbidding employers from requiring employees foreign language proficiency proposed by the nationalists’ party All for Latvia!/For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM.

Yesterday, the Saeima rejected the draft amendments to the Labour Law forbidding employers from requiring employees foreign language proficiency proposed by the nationalists party All for Latvia!/For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM. Latvijas Avize, Vesti Segodnya

Chas prints an article by a lawyer Jelizaveta Krivcova about integration issues in Latvia. Mrs. Krivcova believes that Latvian integration policy should include following principles: multilingualism – acceptance of multiculturalism and multilingualism of Latvian residents as a value and the most important resource for development; mutual responsibility for preservation of Latvian and Russian languages; special status of Latvian language – including positive discrimination, but ensuring real availability of Latvian language for all residents providing free-of-charge Latvian courses and study programs; preservation and development of Russian language and culture.