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.

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According to Deputy-Chairman of

According to Deputy-Chairman of "Tevzemei un Brivibai"/LNNK Juris Dobelis, the party does not object the President's right to express his opinion on political issues. Still, he criticized President Ulmanis for doubting the necessity of the coalition agreement on the Citizenship Law not long before the adoption of the state budget. Reviewing the coalition agreement would damage the stability of the Cabinet, believes Dobelis. "TB"/LNNK Chairman Grinblats and President Ulmanis have already agreed to hold a meeting. Mr. Aigars Jirgens of "TB" does not believe that the meeting will bring any results. President Ulmanis during a press-conference on his departure to Sweden said that he would continue to persuade politicians not to impede naturalization. Diena

Russian Ambassador to Estonia Aleksey Glukhov in an interview for an Estonian magazine said that Russia would recognize the fact of the Soviet occupation of Estonia at some point in the future. According to the Ambassador, such a step requires "a suitable moment". The signing of the border agreement between the two countries could be such a moment.

Russian Ambassador to Estonia Aleksey Glukhov in an interview for an Estonian magazine said that Russia would recognize the fact of the Soviet occupation of Estonia at some point in the future. According to the Ambassador, such a step requires "a suitable moment". The signing of the border agreement between the two countries could be such a moment. SM