diff --git a/xsl/portal2items.xsl b/xsl/portal2items.xsl
index 6936142ba..c76d30564 100644
--- a/xsl/portal2items.xsl
+++ b/xsl/portal2items.xsl
@@ -85,15 +85,23 @@
 </xsl:template>
 
 <xsl:template match="item" mode="news">
-  <xsl:param name="link"/>
+	<xsl:param name="link"/>
 
-  <item date="{@date}" class="news">
-    <header>News</header>
-    <footer>by <xsl:value-of select="@author"/></footer>
-    <content-text><xsl:value-of select="@title"/></content-text>
-    <xsl:apply-templates select=".//image[1]" mode="news"/>
-    <link><xsl:value-of select="$link"/></link>
-  </item>
+	<!-- date cannot be compared (to current date) in xslt 1.0 without a param handed over -->
+	<!-- current-date() as of XSLT 2.0 -->
+	<!--
+	<xsl:if test="{@date}">
+	-->
+		<item date="{@date}" class="news">
+			<header>News</header>
+			<footer>by <xsl:value-of select="@author"/></footer>
+			<content-text><xsl:value-of select="@title"/></content-text>
+			<xsl:apply-templates select=".//image[1]" mode="news"/>
+			<link><xsl:value-of select="$link"/></link>
+		</item>
+	<!--
+	</xsl:if>
+	-->
 </xsl:template>
 
 <xsl:template match="item/image[1]" mode="news">