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 Review

Press Review

The activity of non-citizens applying for the new Latvian passports to replace the old USSR passports is falling. After estimates of the Latvian DCMA, 35,000 or 6-7% of non-citizens may stay without valid identity documents when the deadline – March 31 comes. As of February 25, 47.1 thousand or 8% of non-citizens had not exchanged their passports.

The activity of non-citizens applying for the new Latvian passports to replace the old USSR passports is falling. After estimates of the Latvian DCMA, 35,000 or 6-7% of non-citizens may stay without valid identity documents when the deadline – March 31 comes. As of February 25, 47.1 thousand or 8% of non-citizens had not exchanged their passports. Diena

Foreign Minister Indulis Berzins has sent a letter to the foreign ministers of the OSCE member states to inform them that Russia has started a misleading information campaign about the events in Latvia.

Foreign Minister Indulis Berzins has sent a letter to the foreign ministers of the OSCE member states to inform them that Russia has started a misleading information campaign about the events in Latvia. Diena, Neatkariga, Chas

Russian Consul in Liepaja Valery Polyakov tries to explain and define more precisely the idea of the statement in support to the former KGB investigator Savenko currently undergoing a trial in Liepaja. He implies that at least during the post-war period Savenko was fairly fighting the remains of Hitlerism in Latvia.

Russian Consul in Liepaja Valery Polyakov tries to explain and define more precisely the idea of the statement in support to the former KGB investigator Savenko currently undergoing a trial in Liepaja. He implies that at least during the post-war period Savenko was fairly fighting the remains of Hitlerism in Latvia.

In her answer to the statement Latvian President Freiberga explains that the genocide case is a criminal case and is not connected with ideology.

In her answer to the statement Latvian President Freiberga explains that the genocide case is a criminal case and is not connected with ideology. Chas

The National Radio and TV Board will submit a claim to the court on stopping the activities of the TV channel

The National Radio and TV Board will submit a claim to the court on stopping the activities of the TV channel TV Riga. Last year the activities of the station were temporarily held because of not observing the language requirement, then, because of the debts. As no improvement could be observed, the decision was made to submit the claim. Neatkariga

In connection with March 3 as the anniversary of the referendum in 1991 about the support of the residents to independent Latvia “ before the society was divided in citizens and non-citizens”

In connection with March 3 as the anniversary of the referendum in 1991 about the support of the residents to independent Latvia before the society was divided in citizens and non-citizens Chas asks a question to Latvian politicians whether the current non-citizens regret the support they expressed then.

Vesti

writes about March 3 as the second anniversary of the pensioner rally by the Riga City Council and the beginning of war between Latvia and Russia. Politicians are asked to tell their opinion why it was not possible to improve the relations between the two countries. writes about March 3 as the second anniversary of the pensioner rally by the Riga City Council and the beginning of “war” between Latvia and Russia. Politicians are asked to tell their opinion why it was not possible to improve the relations between the two countries. Janis Adamsons, an MP from the Social Democrats faction, currently waiting for a court statement on whether he was collaborating with KGB, received a statement from the Russian Federal Security Service saying that he was an officer of the Soviet border guard forces but not a staff member of KGB.

Janis Adamsons, an MP from the Social Democrats faction, currently waiting for a court statement on whether he was collaborating with KGB, received a statement from the Russian Federal Security Service saying that he was an officer of the Soviet border guard forces but not a staff member of KGB. Respublika