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.

• Commemorative events held in Riga on the Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust victims in Latvia
• Latvian Academy of Music decided to conduct an admission test for one of the applicants on Saturday after the sunset due to religious reasons
• Vesti Segodnya reports about a young woman who posts on her profile in different social networks photos dressed in Nazi uniform

Vesti Segodnya reports about commemorative events on the Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust victims in Latvia conducted on 4 July. The Jewish community “Shamir” for the fifth years conducted commemorative procession called “Steps of Alive”. High Latvian officials took part in a commemorative event near the Memorial to the Victims of Holocaust in Riga. Ex-prisoner of the Ghetto and Nazi concentration camps Margers Vestermanis who also attended the event said that only 545 people out of 73,000 of Jews who resided in Latvia survived the Holocaust. He also said that behind each of the 545 survivors stood people who risked their life to safe Jews. In Latvia there were about 200 who helped to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. The President Andris Berzins stressed that the genocide is a result of inferiority complex, prejudices and hate.

Vesti Segodnya reports that the Latvian Academy of Music following conclusion of the Ombudsman’s Office decided to conduct an admission test for one of the applicants on Saturday after the sunset.  The applicant – member of the community of the Seventh-day Adventists – asked the Academy to postpone his test scheduled on the day of Saturday for religious reasons. First, the Academy refused such request arguing that all the applicants must take the exam on one day, because otherwise, it would be give an advantage by providing more time for additional preparation. The applicant complained to the Ombudsman’s Office which requested the Academy to respect the right of the applicant for religious freedom.

Vesti Segodnya reports about a young woman who posts on her profile in different social networks photos dressed in Nazi uniform and with swastika on the sleeve. Her other posts on different social networks also show that she adhere Nazi ideology.