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.

• Vesti Segodnya publishes article about the 10 years of the Union of Latvia's Byelorussians

 

Vesti Segodnya publishes article about the 10 years of the Union of Latvia's Byelorussians. The Union brings together 14 Byelorussian societies of various Latvia's cities. The most prominent recent activities of the Union include: the publication of Byelorussian-Latvian/Latvian-Byelorussian dictionary (40,000 words), organisation of roundtables on the life of Byelorussian diasporas and the strengthening of ties between the Baltic states and the Republic of Byelorussia, organisation of annual days of Byelorussian culture, organisation of conference on the role of Byelorussian NGOs in the strengthening of civil society in Latvia. The author of the article is critical of the government funding priorities, whereby national culture societies (such as the Union) receive significantly less attention than the re-emigration programmes. The author highlights that the Union strengthens national identity, promotes tolerance, and reinforces the ties between various generations and the sense of belonging to Latvia.