Integration monitor
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.
Авг. 8, 2011
- Minister of Foreign Affairs Girts Valdis Kristovskis: electorate of the Concord Centre does not understand interests of the national state
- NGO Latgolys Saeima collects signatures in support of granting Latgalian language status of regional language
According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Girts Valdis Kristovskis, the electorate of the Concord Centre does not understand interests of the national state and its advantages. Mr Kristovskis believes that documents on establishment of Latvian Republic and the Constitution show that Latvia is state of ethnic Latvian nation. Vesti Segodnya
An NGO “Latgolys Saeima” initiated a collection of signatures on the Internet in support of granting Latgalian language status of regional language in Latvia. According to the NGO, Latgalian language which is mother tongue for large part of the Latvian residents does not have any formal rights.An NGO Latgolys Saeima initiated a collection of signatures on the Internet in support of granting Latgalian language status of regional language in Latvia. According to the NGO, Latgalian language which is mother tongue for large part of the Latvian residents does not have any formal rights. Chas