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.

• Neatkariga prints an interview with the Mayor of Riga Nils Usakovs about the results of the recent local elections

Neatkariga prints an interview with the Mayor of Riga Nils Usakovs. Commenting the success of the union of Concord Centre and the party Honour to Serve Riga (CC/HSR) at the local elections in Riga, Mr Usakovs says it shows that the ethnical voting has been overcome because many ethnic Latvians gave their votes to this union. Mr Usakovs notes that there is no ethnic division in the union of the CC/HSR as it has ethnic Latvian and ethnic Russian deputies. The Mayor agrees that the overwhelming majority of Russian speaking electorate gave their votes to the CC/HSR and explains it by the fact that other parties did not even try to address the Russian speakers.