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.

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Andrejs Pozarnovs from Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK informed the press yesterday that the party does not support the amending of the Language Law and will invite the People’s Party to support the law without changes.

Andrejs Pozarnovs from Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK informed the press yesterday that the party does not support the amending of the Language Law and will invite the Peoples Party to support the law without changes. Diena

Neatkariga informs that FF/LNNK is disappointed with the behaviour of the People’s Party - after Pozarnovs, during the Education Commission’s meeting with the President Freiberga Dzintars Abikis had said that People’s Party and Latvia’s Way have reached agreement on Language Law. Abikis commented that he had expressed an assumption that Latvia’s Way and People’s Party could support the proposals made by the President. Kristiana Libane from Latvia’s Way said that the leaders of the ruling factions could possibly meet before the final reading in case the version supported by the Commission differs from the position of the factions.

Neatkariga informs that FF/LNNK is disappointed with the behaviour of the Peoples Party - after Pozarnovs, during the Education Commissions meeting with the President Freiberga Dzintars Abikis had said that Peoples Party and Latvias Way have reached agreement on Language Law. Abikis commented that he had expressed an assumption that Latvias Way and Peoples Party could support the proposals made by the President. Kristiana Libane from Latvias Way said that the leaders of the ruling factions could possibly meet before the final reading in case the version supported by the Commission differs from the position of the factions.

Diena

runs a comment by an MP from the Peoples Party Aleksandrs Kirsteins entitled Is the Latvian language really not dying out? runs a comment by an MP from the People’s Party Aleksandrs Kirsteins entitled “Is the Latvian language really not dying out?” The potential Education Minister Gundars Berzins has said in the interview to Latvian Radio that the Education Ministry is the weakest among ministries and should be started anew. President Freiberga has mentioned that the new Education Minister should be a professional, “some scientist or academician”.

The potential Education Minister Gundars Berzins has said in the interview to Latvian Radio that the Education Ministry is the weakest among ministries and should be started anew. President Freiberga has mentioned that the new Education Minister should be a professional, some scientist or academician. Neatkariga, Chas, Jauna avize

The Saeima Speaker Janis Straume in the interview to

The Saeima Speaker Janis Straume in the interview to Latvijas Vestnesis said he agrees to the President Freiberga that the language law can be passed in the way that it complies with the Constitution, national interests and OSCE recommendations.

Panorama Latvii

prints a comment in response to the letter of the Commission of Experts of the Latvian Language published in yesterdays Latvijas Vestnesis. The comment compares the views expressed in the letter to Nazi policy in Germany. prints a comment in response to the letter of the Commission of Experts of the Latvian Language published in yesterday’s Latvijas Vestnesis. The comment compares the views expressed in the letter to Nazi policy in Germany.