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.

• Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Preamble to the Constitution is not in the competence of the Russia’s Ambassador to Latvia

The Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs following criticism made by the Russia’s Ambassador to Latvia Aleksandr Veshnyakov about the adoption of the Preamble to the Constitution of Latvia stated that this issue is not the competence of the Ambassador. The Ambassador Veshnyakov in an interview with a TV channel stated that instead of positive effect on consolidation of the society, the Preamble will lead to confrontation. Also the Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs distributed a statement saying that the Preamble will facilitate ethnic split in Latvian society. The Latvian Ministry stated that the Ambassador should better worry about the legal provisions adopted by Russia’s legislator. Vesti Segodnya