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.

• Closure of the oldest (since 1868) Russian school in Riga

Vesti-Segodnya reports about the closure of Lomonosov high school – the oldest Russian school in Riga, which continuously functioned since 1868. As the school is being merged with another Russian school in the city centre, the schools director admits the general mood is quite nervous, because it is not known yet which schools will take the pupils and the employment prospects of teachers are unclear. The director advises the pupils to make transfers to other schools in small groups, because this would make their adaptation in new environment easier. According to the newspaper, nearly half of this years graduates are planning to emigrate.