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

Latvian Prime Minister Andris Skele yesterday announced that the main thing for Latvia on the way to joining the EU will be the state administration reform and the territorial reform. These fields were pointed out in the report of the European Commission on Latvia.

Latvian Prime Minister Andris Skele yesterday announced that the main thing for Latvia on the way to joining the EU will be the state administration reform and the territorial reform. These fields were pointed out in the report of the European Commission on Latvia. Vesti

Panorama Latvii

interviews several experts on another problem connected with the deadline for exchanging passports - people who have passed naturalization exams and are waiting for the decision to grant them citizenship and who have only the former USSR passport. Prime Minister Andris Skele has nominated an MP from his party Maris Vitols to take the post of the Education Minister. Saeima will have the vote on this issue on Thursady.

Prime Minister Andris Skele has nominated an MP from his party Maris Vitols to take the post of the Education Minister. Saeima will have the vote on this issue on Thursady. Diena

Aivars Endzins was elected once again the Acting Chairman of the Constitutional Court for the term of three years. He cannot be elected chairman as the Saeima has still not appointed the seventh judge of the court.

Aivars Endzins was elected once again the Acting Chairman of the Constitutional Court for the term of three years. He cannot be elected chairman as the Saeima has still not appointed the seventh judge of the court. Diena

The US Ambassador to Latvia James Holmes is the only foreign ambassador accredited to Latvia who has expressed a written recognition to the Prime Minister Andris Skele regarding the adopted Language Law.

The US Ambassador to Latvia James Holmes is the only foreign ambassador accredited to Latvia who has expressed a written recognition to the Prime Minister Andris Skele regarding the adopted Language Law. Diena

Top Latvian officials who are in charge of foreign politics do not agree to the concern publicly expressed by the Saeima Speaker Janis Straume about the possibility for Latvia to keep its national identity within the EU. Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK chairman Maris Grinblats commented that the party has not changed its principal support for joining the EU but it will focus on defining Latvia’s interests in connection with the EU integration.

Top Latvian officials who are in charge of foreign politics do not agree to the concern publicly expressed by the Saeima Speaker Janis Straume about the possibility for Latvia to keep its national identity within the EU. Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK chairman Maris Grinblats commented that the party has not changed its principal support for joining the EU but it will focus on defining Latvias interests in connection with the EU integration. Diena