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.

• Political party Our Land is planning to hold a public event on 23 August, the day of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pacts signing
• Diena about the extreme right-wing National Power Unity

As a reminder about the consequences of the Molotov-Ribentrop Pact for Latvia, the political party “Our Land” is planning to hold a public event near the Monument to Soviet Liberators of Riga from German and Fascist Invaders on 23 August. A MP Nikolajs Kabanovs (FHRUL) has sent an open letter to the Executive Director of the Riga City Council Eriks Skapars with an appeal not to issue a permit for the event. According to Nikolajs Kabanovs, the day of the event is not connected with the monument which is a sacred place for the Russian community in Latvia.

As a reminder about the consequences of the Molotov-Ribentrop Pact for Latvia, the political party Our Land is planning to hold a public event near the Monument to Soviet Liberators of Riga from German and Fascist Invaders on 23 August. A MP Nikolajs Kabanovs (FHRUL) has sent an open letter to the Executive Director of the Riga City Council Eriks Skapars with an appeal not to issue a permit for the event. According to Nikolajs Kabanovs, the day of the event is not connected with the monument which is a sacred place for the Russian community in Latvia. Chas, Vesti Segodnya, Latvijas Avize

Diena continues introducing its readers with the parties running for the upcoming Saeimas elections, in particular with the extreme right-wing National Power Unity (NSS in its Latvian acronym). The leader of the party Viktors Birze claims that one of the main partys objectives is to grant political power to ethnic Latvians.