diff --git a/apps/news/migrations/0053_auto_20200128_1431.py b/apps/news/migrations/0053_auto_20200128_1431.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b759a1a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/news/migrations/0053_auto_20200128_1431.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2.7 on 2020-01-28 14:31
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('news', '0052_auto_20200121_0940'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='news',
+            name='state',
+            field=models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(choices=[(0, 'remove'), (1, 'hidden'), (2, 'published'), (3, 'not published')], default=3, verbose_name='State'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/apps/news/models.py b/apps/news/models.py
index 3a529cc4..758269b8 100644
--- a/apps/news/models.py
+++ b/apps/news/models.py
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ class NewsQuerySet(TranslationQuerysetMixin):
         """Return qs with related objects."""
         return self.select_related('created_by', 'agenda', 'banner')
 
+    def visible(self):
+        """Narrows qs by excluding invisible for API (at all) news"""
+        return self.exclude(state=self.model.REMOVE)
+
     def by_type(self, news_type):
         """Filter News by type"""
         return self.filter(news_type__name=news_type)
@@ -259,18 +263,18 @@ class News(GalleryMixin, BaseAttributes, TranslatedFieldsMixin, HasTagsMixin,
     )
 
     # STATE CHOICES
-    WAITING = 0
+    REMOVE = 0
     HIDDEN = 1
     PUBLISHED = 2
-    PUBLISHED_EXCLUSIVE = 3
+    UNPUBLISHED = 3
 
-    PUBLISHED_STATES = [PUBLISHED, PUBLISHED_EXCLUSIVE]
+    PUBLISHED_STATES = [PUBLISHED]
 
     STATE_CHOICES = (
-        (WAITING, _('Waiting')),
-        (HIDDEN, _('Hidden')),
-        (PUBLISHED, _('Published')),
-        (PUBLISHED_EXCLUSIVE, _('Published exclusive')),
+        (REMOVE, _('remove')),  # simply stored in DB news. not shown anywhere
+        (HIDDEN, _('hidden')),  # not shown in api/web or api/mobile
+        (PUBLISHED, _('published')),  # shown everywhere
+        (UNPUBLISHED, _('not published')),  # newly created news
     )
 
     INTERNATIONAL_TAG_VALUE = 'international'
@@ -302,7 +306,7 @@ class News(GalleryMixin, BaseAttributes, TranslatedFieldsMixin, HasTagsMixin,
     slugs = HStoreField(null=True, blank=True, default=dict,
                         verbose_name=_('Slugs for current news obj'),
                         help_text='{"en-GB":"some slug"}')
-    state = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(default=WAITING, choices=STATE_CHOICES,
+    state = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(default=UNPUBLISHED, choices=STATE_CHOICES,
                                              verbose_name=_('State'))
     is_highlighted = models.BooleanField(default=False,
                                          verbose_name=_('Is highlighted'))
@@ -347,7 +351,7 @@ class News(GalleryMixin, BaseAttributes, TranslatedFieldsMixin, HasTagsMixin,
 
     def create_duplicate(self, new_country, view_count_model):
         self.pk = None
-        self.state = self.WAITING
+        self.state = self.UNPUBLISHED
         self.slugs = {locale: f'{slug}-{new_country.code}' for locale, slug in self.slugs.items()}
         self.country = new_country
         self.views_count = view_count_model
diff --git a/apps/news/views.py b/apps/news/views.py
index c98a3c18..d4479b3c 100644
--- a/apps/news/views.py
+++ b/apps/news/views.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from news import filters, models, serializers
 from rating.tasks import add_rating
 from utils.permissions import IsCountryAdmin, IsContentPageManager
 from utils.views import CreateDestroyGalleryViewMixin, FavoritesCreateDestroyMixinView, CarouselCreateDestroyMixinView
-from utils.serializers import ImageBaseSerializer, EmptySerializer
+from utils.serializers import ImageBaseSerializer
 
 
 class NewsMixinView:
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class NewsMixinView:
         """Override get_queryset method."""
         qs = models.News.objects.published() \
             .with_base_related() \
+            .visible() \
             .annotate_in_favorites(self.request.user) \
             .order_by('-is_highlighted', '-publication_date', '-publication_time')
 
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ class NewsMixinView:
         return qs
 
     def get_object(self):
-        instance = self.get_queryset().filter(
+        instance = self.get_queryset().visible().with_base_related().filter(
             slugs__values__contains=[self.kwargs['slug']]
         ).first()