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.

Press Report

On Saturday,

On Saturday, Tevzemei un Brivibai/LNNK Council refrained from expressing their attitude towards the proposal of the New Party on the need to form a majority government and evaluate the necessity for several existing governmental posts. The Deputy Chairman of the party A.Straume expressed an opinion that the faction would decline these proposals on Monday. He pointed out that some elements on government instability were observed, and the attempts to swing the government boat to solve some privatisation issues, hiding behind political passions, could create problems. Diena, Bizness & Baltiya

Farmers Union and

Farmers Union and Social Democrats have responded to the call of the Democratic Party Saimnieks for closer co-operation of all centrist and left-centrist powers, but none of them have a clear opinion how to do it. Diena, Bizness & Baltiya

Prime Minister V.Kristopans, reporting on the government activities during the first 100 days at the conference of

Prime Minister V.Kristopans, reporting on the government activities during the first 100 days at the conference of Latvijas Cels, said that there was a need for two new state ministers. He commented his government as one of the most stable ones and expressed readiness to start consultations on expanding it. Diena

A conference

A conference Transition to a standard education system in Latvia, problems and solutions took place in Liepaja. The participants - teachers from Liepaja, Riga, Venspils and Pavilosta, came together to find out how ready Latvian minority schools are to start working according to the unified bilingual education system. The teachers were worried about the lack of qualified specialists who could work both in the Latvian and Russian languages, text books and training courses for teachers. It was the first time when the problems of psychological aspects of bilingual education and integration, preservation of ethnic identity of national minorities students were discussed. Diena

Press agency BNS conducted a public opinion poll and found out that about 40 % of the population considered V.Kristopans’s government to be unstable. They did not believe that this government could last till the end of 7th Saeima.

Press agency BNS conducted a public opinion poll and found out that about 40 % of the population considered V.Kristopanss government to be unstable. They did not believe that this government could last till the end of 7th Saeima. Jauna Avize