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.

• Security Police: Latvia’s ethnic minorities do not follow Russia’s provocations
• Speaker of the Saeima Solvita Aboltina: Latvia is a home for representatives of all ethnicities who respect and acknowledge state’s fundamental principles, know and respect Latvian language

According to the Security Police (SP), attempts of organisations supporting Russia’s so-called policy on compatriots to use Latvia’s ethnic minorities as a tool for implementation of Russia’s geopolitical interests were unsuccessful in Latvia so far. The SP stresses that such activities became more intense and purposeful during past recent years. The SP considers that the aim of the activities is to split Latvian society and promote alienation of ethnic minorities from Latvian state and it creates threats to the national security. Latvijas Avize

The Speaker of the Saeima Solvita Aboltina in a solemn speech on 4th May (the Day of the restoration of independence of Latvian state) said that Latvia is a home for representatives of all ethnicities residing in it who respect and acknowledge state’s fundamental principles, know and respect Latvian language, acknowledge geopolitical belonging to Europe and Western cultural space. Mrs Aboltina noted that there are a lot to accomplish in the integration field and that the status of state nation of ethnic Latvians demands to take care and responsibility over all residents who historically live in Latvia and feel attached to it. Latvijas Avize, Vesti Segodnya