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.

• Two candidates shortlisted for the post of the director of the Latvian National Human Rights Office

Latvijas Avize, referring to unofficial sources, informs about two candidates for the post of the director of the Latvian National Human Rights Office (LNHRO) nominated by the selection committee for the evaluation by the Cabinet of Ministers. These two candidates, according to the newspaper, are the former Special Assignments Minister for Social Integration Nils Muiznieks, and the head of the Latvian National Human Rights Offices Analytical Department Liga Bikseniece. The newspaper interviews several politicians who all point to the fact that although one of the requirements for the post of the LNHRO director is non-affiliation with a political party, Muiznieks is still a member of the Latvian First Party. Maris Grinblats, leader of the union For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM, concedes that his party may not support the candidature of Nils Muiznieks. Grinblats claims that while acting as a Special Assignments Minister for Social Integration, Muiznieks implemented policy which ‘was directed against the national interests of the state.