diff --git a/apps/location/serializers/common.py b/apps/location/serializers/common.py
index 63fe39e1..555cf499 100644
--- a/apps/location/serializers/common.py
+++ b/apps/location/serializers/common.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+"""Location app common serializers."""
 from django.contrib.gis.geos import Point
 from rest_framework import serializers
 
 from location import models
+from utils.serializers import TranslatedField
 
 
 class CountrySerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
@@ -20,6 +22,18 @@ class CountrySerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
         ]
 
 
+class CountrySimpleSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    """Simple country serializer."""
+
+    name_translated = TranslatedField()
+
+    class Meta:
+        """Meta class."""
+
+        model = models.Country
+        fields = ('id', 'code', 'name_translated')
+
+
 class RegionSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     """Region serializer"""
 
diff --git a/apps/main/serializers.py b/apps/main/serializers.py
index f2beb768..10d75f2b 100644
--- a/apps/main/serializers.py
+++ b/apps/main/serializers.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 """Main app serializers."""
 from rest_framework import serializers
-
 from advertisement.serializers.web import AdvertisementSerializer
 from location.serializers import CountrySerializer
 from main import models
+from utils.serializers import TranslatedField
 
 
 class FeatureSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
@@ -109,16 +109,16 @@ class AwardSerializer(AwardBaseSerializer):
 
 
 class MetaDataContentSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
-    id = serializers.IntegerField(source='metadata.id', read_only=True, )
-    label_translated = serializers.CharField(
-        source='metadata.label_translated', read_only=True, allow_null=True)
+    """MetaData content serializer."""
+
+    id = serializers.IntegerField(source='metadata.id', read_only=True)
+    label_translated = TranslatedField(source='metadata.label_translated')
 
     class Meta:
+        """Meta class."""
+
         model = models.MetaDataContent
-        fields = [
-            'id',
-            'label_translated',
-        ]
+        fields = ('id', 'label_translated')
 
 
 class CurrencySerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
diff --git a/apps/news/migrations/0010_auto_20190923_1131.py b/apps/news/migrations/0010_auto_20190923_1131.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0bd6fd24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/news/migrations/0010_auto_20190923_1131.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2.4 on 2019-09-23 11:31
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('news', '0009_auto_20190901_1032'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='news',
+            name='author',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, default=None, max_length=255, null=True, verbose_name='Author'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='news',
+            name='image_url',
+            field=models.URLField(blank=True, default=None, null=True, verbose_name='Image URL path'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='news',
+            name='preview_image_url',
+            field=models.URLField(blank=True, default=None, null=True, verbose_name='Preview image URL path'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='news',
+            name='address',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(blank=True, default=None, null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL, to='location.Address', verbose_name='address'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='news',
+            name='country',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(blank=True, null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL, to='location.Country', verbose_name='country'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='news',
+            name='end',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(verbose_name='End'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='news',
+            name='news_type',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.PROTECT, to='news.NewsType', verbose_name='news type'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='news',
+            name='start',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(verbose_name='Start'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/apps/news/migrations/0011_auto_20190923_1134.py b/apps/news/migrations/0011_auto_20190923_1134.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..859cb636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/news/migrations/0011_auto_20190923_1134.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2.4 on 2019-09-23 11:34
+
+from django.db import migrations
+from django.conf import settings
+
+
+def copy_image_links(apps, schemaeditor):
+    News = apps.get_model('news', 'News')
+    for news in News.objects.all():
+        if news.image:
+            news.image_url = f'{settings.SCHEMA_URI}://{settings.DOMAIN_URI}{news.image.image.url}'
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('news', '0010_auto_20190923_1131'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RunPython(copy_image_links, migrations.RunPython.noop),
+
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='news',
+            name='image',
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/apps/news/models.py b/apps/news/models.py
index 3be34261..c132f6fc 100644
--- a/apps/news/models.py
+++ b/apps/news/models.py
@@ -1,25 +1,31 @@
 """News app models."""
 from django.db import models
+from django.contrib.contenttypes import fields as generic
+from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
-
 from utils.models import BaseAttributes, TJSONField, TranslatedFieldsMixin
 
 
 class NewsType(models.Model):
     """NewsType model."""
+
     name = models.CharField(_('name'), max_length=250)
 
     class Meta:
+        """Meta class."""
+
         verbose_name_plural = _('news types')
         verbose_name = _('news type')
 
     def __str__(self):
+        """Overrided __str__ method."""
         return self.name
 
 
 class NewsQuerySet(models.QuerySet):
     """QuerySet for model News"""
+
     def by_type(self, news_type):
         """Filter News by type"""
         return self.filter(news_type__name=news_type)
@@ -30,48 +36,56 @@ class NewsQuerySet(models.QuerySet):
 
     def published(self):
         """Return only published news"""
-        return self.filter(is_publish=True)
+        now = timezone.now()
+        return self.filter(is_publish=True, start__lte=now, end__gte=now)
+
+    def with_related(self):
+        """Return qs with related objects."""
+        return self.select_related('news_type', 'country').prefetch_related('tags')
 
 
 class News(BaseAttributes, TranslatedFieldsMixin):
     """News model."""
 
-    image = models.ForeignKey(
-        'gallery.Image', null=True, blank=True, default=None,
-        verbose_name=_('News image'), on_delete=models.CASCADE)
-    news_type = models.ForeignKey(
-        NewsType, verbose_name=_('news type'), on_delete=models.CASCADE)
-
-    title = TJSONField(
-        _('title'), null=True, blank=True,
-        default=None, help_text='{"en-GB":"some text"}')
-    subtitle = TJSONField(
-        _('subtitle'), null=True, blank=True,
-        default=None, help_text='{"en-GB":"some text"}'
-    )
-    description = TJSONField(
-        _('description'), null=True, blank=True,
-        default=None, help_text='{"en-GB":"some text"}'
-    )
-    start = models.DateTimeField(_('start'))
-    end = models.DateTimeField(_('end'))
+    news_type = models.ForeignKey(NewsType, on_delete=models.PROTECT,
+                                  verbose_name=_('news type'))
+    title = TJSONField(blank=True, null=True, default=None,
+                       verbose_name=_('title'),
+                       help_text='{"en-GB":"some text"}')
+    subtitle = TJSONField(blank=True, null=True, default=None,
+                          verbose_name=_('subtitle'),
+                          help_text='{"en-GB":"some text"}')
+    description = TJSONField(blank=True, null=True, default=None,
+                             verbose_name=_('description'),
+                             help_text='{"en-GB":"some text"}')
+    start = models.DateTimeField(verbose_name=_('Start'))
+    end = models.DateTimeField(verbose_name=_('End'))
     playlist = models.IntegerField(_('playlist'))
-    address = models.ForeignKey(
-        'location.Address', verbose_name=_('address'), blank=True,
-        null=True, default=None, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
-    is_publish = models.BooleanField(
-        default=False, verbose_name=_('Publish status'))
-    country = models.ForeignKey(
-        'location.Country', blank=True, null=True,
-        verbose_name=_('country'), on_delete=models.CASCADE)
-    is_highlighted = models.BooleanField(
-        default=False, verbose_name=_('Is highlighted'))
+    is_publish = models.BooleanField(default=False,
+                                     verbose_name=_('Publish status'))
+    author = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True, null=True,
+                              default=None,verbose_name=_('Author'))
+    is_highlighted = models.BooleanField(default=False,
+                                         verbose_name=_('Is highlighted'))
     # TODO: metadata_keys - описание ключей для динамического построения полей метаданных
     # TODO: metadata_values - Описание значений для динамических полей из MetadataKeys
+    image_url = models.URLField(blank=True, null=True, default=None,
+                                verbose_name=_('Image URL path'))
+    preview_image_url = models.URLField(blank=True, null=True, default=None,
+                                        verbose_name=_('Preview image URL path'))
+    address = models.ForeignKey('location.Address', blank=True, null=True,
+                                default=None, verbose_name=_('address'),
+                                on_delete=models.SET_NULL)
+    country = models.ForeignKey('location.Country', blank=True, null=True,
+                                on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
+                                verbose_name=_('country'))
+    tags = generic.GenericRelation(to='main.MetaDataContent')
 
     objects = NewsQuerySet.as_manager()
 
     class Meta:
+        """Meta class."""
+
         verbose_name = _('news')
         verbose_name_plural = _('news')
 
diff --git a/apps/news/serializers.py b/apps/news/serializers.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c0d424ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/news/serializers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+"""News app common serializers."""
+from rest_framework import serializers
+from location import models as location_models
+from location.serializers import CountrySimpleSerializer
+from main.serializers import MetaDataContentSerializer
+from news import models
+from utils.serializers import TranslatedField
+
+
+class NewsTypeSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    """News type serializer."""
+
+    class Meta:
+        """Meta class."""
+
+        model = models.NewsType
+        fields = ('id', 'name')
+
+
+class NewsBaseSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    """Base serializer for News model."""
+
+    # read only fields
+    title_translated = TranslatedField()
+    subtitle_translated = TranslatedField()
+
+    # related fields
+    news_type = NewsTypeSerializer(read_only=True)
+    tags = MetaDataContentSerializer(read_only=True, many=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        """Meta class."""
+
+        model = models.News
+        fields = (
+            'id',
+            'title_translated',
+            'subtitle_translated',
+            'image_url',
+            'image_url',
+            'preview_image_url',
+            'news_type',
+            'tags',
+        )
+
+
+class NewsDetailSerializer(NewsBaseSerializer):
+    """News detail serializer."""
+
+    description_translated = TranslatedField()
+    country = CountrySimpleSerializer(read_only=True)
+
+    class Meta(NewsBaseSerializer.Meta):
+        """Meta class."""
+
+        fields = NewsBaseSerializer.Meta.fields + (
+            'description_translated',
+            'start',
+            'end',
+            'playlist',
+            'is_highlighted',
+            'is_publish',
+            'author',
+            'country',
+        )
+
+
+class NewsBackOfficeBaseSerializer(NewsBaseSerializer):
+    """News back office base serializer."""
+
+    class Meta(NewsBaseSerializer.Meta):
+        """Meta class."""
+
+        fields = NewsBaseSerializer.Meta.fields + (
+            'title',
+            'subtitle',
+        )
+
+
+class NewsBackOfficeDetailSerializer(NewsBackOfficeBaseSerializer,
+                                     NewsDetailSerializer):
+    """News detail serializer for back-office users."""
+
+    news_type_id = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(
+        source='news_type', write_only=True,
+        queryset=models.NewsType.objects.all())
+
+    country_id = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(
+        source='country', write_only=True,
+        queryset=location_models.Country.objects.all())
+
+    class Meta(NewsBackOfficeBaseSerializer.Meta, NewsDetailSerializer.Meta):
+        """Meta class."""
+
+        fields = NewsBackOfficeBaseSerializer.Meta.fields + \
+                 NewsDetailSerializer.Meta.fields + (
+                    'description',
+                    'news_type_id',
+                    'country_id',
+                 )
+
diff --git a/apps/news/serializers/__init__.py b/apps/news/serializers/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/apps/news/serializers/common.py b/apps/news/serializers/common.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b64a7fc9..00000000
--- a/apps/news/serializers/common.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-"""News app common serializers."""
-from rest_framework import serializers
-from gallery import models as gallery_models
-from location.models import Address
-from location.serializers import AddressSerializer
-from news import models
-
-
-class NewsTypeSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
-    """News type serializer."""
-    class Meta:
-        model = models.NewsType
-        fields = [
-            'id',
-            'name'
-        ]
-
-
-class NewsSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
-    """News serializer."""
-
-    address = AddressSerializer()
-    title_translated = serializers.CharField(read_only=True, allow_null=True)
-    subtitle_translated = serializers.CharField(read_only=True, allow_null=True)
-    description_translated = serializers.CharField(read_only=True, allow_null=True)
-    image_url = serializers.ImageField(source='image.image', allow_null=True)
-
-    class Meta:
-        model = models.News
-        fields = [
-            'id',
-            'news_type',
-            'start',
-            'end',
-            'playlist',
-            'address',
-            'is_highlighted',
-            'image_url',
-            # Localized fields
-            'title_translated',
-            'subtitle_translated',
-            'description_translated',
-        ]
-
-
-class NewsCreateUpdateSerializer(NewsSerializer):
-    """News update serializer."""
-    title = serializers.JSONField()
-    subtitle = serializers.JSONField()
-    description = serializers.JSONField()
-    image = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(
-        queryset=gallery_models.Image.objects.all(), required=True,)
-    news_type = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(
-        queryset=models.NewsType.objects.all(), write_only=True)
-    address = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(
-        queryset=Address.objects.all(), write_only=True)
-
-    class Meta:
-        model = models.News
-        read_only_fields = [
-            'id'
-        ]
-        fields = [
-            'id',
-            'news_type',
-            'title',
-            'subtitle',
-            'description',
-            'start',
-            'end',
-            'playlist',
-            'address',
-            'image',
-            'is_publish',
-            'country'
-        ]
diff --git a/apps/news/serializers/web.py b/apps/news/serializers/web.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/apps/news/urls/back.py b/apps/news/urls/back.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8522592e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/news/urls/back.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+"""News app urlpatterns for backoffice"""
+from django.urls import path
+from news import views
+
+app_name = 'news'
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('', views.NewsBackOfficeLCView.as_view(), name='list-create'),
+    path('<int:pk>/', views.NewsBackOfficeRUDView.as_view(),
+         name='retrieve-update-destroy'),
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/news/urls/web.py b/apps/news/urls/web.py
index 1dbcc0fe..9ec7e644 100644
--- a/apps/news/urls/web.py
+++ b/apps/news/urls/web.py
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-"""Location app urlconf."""
+"""News app urlconf."""
 from django.urls import path
-
-from news.views import common
+from news import views
 
 app_name = 'news'
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    path('', common.NewsListView.as_view(), name='list'),
-    path('<int:pk>/', common.NewsDetailView.as_view(), name='rud'),
-    path('type/', common.NewsTypeListView.as_view(), name='type'),
+    path('', views.NewsListView.as_view(), name='list'),
+    path('<int:pk>/', views.NewsDetailView.as_view(), name='rud'),
+    path('types/', views.NewsTypeListView.as_view(), name='type'),
 ]
diff --git a/apps/news/views.py b/apps/news/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d6da3f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/news/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+"""News app views."""
+from rest_framework import generics, permissions
+from news import filters, models, serializers
+
+
+class NewsMixinView:
+    """News mixin."""
+
+    permission_classes = (permissions.AllowAny, )
+    serializer_class = serializers.NewsBaseSerializer
+
+    def get_queryset(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Override get_queryset method."""
+        qs = models.News.objects.with_related().published()\
+            .order_by('-is_highlighted', '-created')
+        if self.request.country_code:
+            qs = qs.by_country_code(self.request.country_code)
+        return qs
+
+
+class NewsListView(NewsMixinView, generics.ListAPIView):
+    """News list view."""
+
+    filter_class = filters.NewsListFilterSet
+
+
+class NewsDetailView(NewsMixinView, generics.RetrieveAPIView):
+    """News detail view."""
+
+    serializer_class = serializers.NewsDetailSerializer
+
+
+class NewsTypeListView(generics.ListAPIView):
+    """NewsType list view."""
+
+    pagination_class = None
+    permission_classes = (permissions.AllowAny, )
+    queryset = models.NewsType.objects.all()
+    serializer_class = serializers.NewsTypeSerializer
+
+
+class NewsBackOfficeMixinView:
+    """News back office mixin view."""
+
+    permission_classes = (permissions.IsAuthenticated,)
+    queryset = models.News.objects.with_related() \
+        .order_by('-is_highlighted', '-created')
+
+
+class NewsBackOfficeLCView(NewsBackOfficeMixinView,
+                           generics.ListCreateAPIView):
+    """Resource for a list of news for back-office users."""
+
+    serializer_class = serializers.NewsBackOfficeBaseSerializer
+    create_serializers_class = serializers.NewsBackOfficeDetailSerializer
+
+    def get_serializer_class(self):
+        if self.request.method == 'POST':
+            return self.create_serializers_class
+        return super().get_serializer_class()
+
+
+class NewsBackOfficeRUDView(NewsBackOfficeMixinView,
+                            generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
+    """Resource for detailed information about news for back-office users."""
+
+    serializer_class = serializers.NewsBackOfficeDetailSerializer
+
diff --git a/apps/news/views/__init__.py b/apps/news/views/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/apps/news/views/common.py b/apps/news/views/common.py
deleted file mode 100644
index cf3c7e29..00000000
--- a/apps/news/views/common.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-"""News app common app."""
-from rest_framework import generics, permissions
-
-from news import filters, models
-from news.serializers import common as serializers
-from utils.views import JWTGenericViewMixin
-
-
-class NewsMixin:
-    """News mixin."""
-
-    permission_classes = (permissions.AllowAny, )
-    serializer_class = serializers.NewsSerializer
-
-    def get_queryset(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        """Override get_queryset method"""
-        return models.News.objects.published() \
-            .by_country_code(code=self.request.country_code) \
-            .order_by('-is_highlighted', '-created')
-
-
-class NewsListView(NewsMixin, generics.ListAPIView):
-    """News list view."""
-
-    filter_class = filters.NewsListFilterSet
-
-
-class NewsDetailView(NewsMixin, JWTGenericViewMixin, generics.RetrieveAPIView):
-    """News detail view."""
-
-
-class NewsTypeListView(generics.ListAPIView):
-    """NewsType list view."""
-
-    serializer_class = serializers.NewsTypeSerializer
-    permission_classes = (permissions.AllowAny, )
-    pagination_class = None
-    queryset = models.NewsType.objects.all()
diff --git a/apps/news/views/web.py b/apps/news/views/web.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/apps/search_indexes/urls.py b/apps/search_indexes/urls.py
index 60b05fb5..664e0b99 100644
--- a/apps/search_indexes/urls.py
+++ b/apps/search_indexes/urls.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from search_indexes import views
 
 
 router = routers.SimpleRouter()
-router.register(r'news', views.NewsDocumentViewSet, basename='news')
+# router.register(r'news', views.NewsDocumentViewSet, basename='news') # temporarily disabled
 router.register(r'establishments', views.EstablishmentDocumentViewSet, basename='establishment')
 
 urlpatterns = router.urls
diff --git a/apps/utils/serializers.py b/apps/utils/serializers.py
index 33463ebe..1f4c6f96 100644
--- a/apps/utils/serializers.py
+++ b/apps/utils/serializers.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """Utils app serializer."""
 from rest_framework import serializers
-
 from utils.models import PlatformMixin
 
 
@@ -13,3 +12,12 @@ class SourceSerializerMixin(serializers.Serializer):
     source = serializers.ChoiceField(choices=PlatformMixin.SOURCES,
                                      default=PlatformMixin.WEB,
                                      write_only=True)
+
+
+class TranslatedField(serializers.CharField):
+    """Translated field."""
+
+    def __init__(self, allow_null=True, required=False, read_only=True,
+                 **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(allow_null=allow_null, required=required,
+                         read_only=read_only, **kwargs)
diff --git a/project/settings/development.py b/project/settings/development.py
index a7c8d9fd..43a60935 100644
--- a/project/settings/development.py
+++ b/project/settings/development.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ELASTICSEARCH_DSL = {
 
 
 ELASTICSEARCH_INDEX_NAMES = {
-    'search_indexes.documents.news': 'development_news',
+    # 'search_indexes.documents.news': 'development_news',  # temporarily disabled
     'search_indexes.documents.establishment': 'development_establishment',
 }
 
diff --git a/project/settings/local.py b/project/settings/local.py
index febe4dd4..503ad191 100644
--- a/project/settings/local.py
+++ b/project/settings/local.py
@@ -64,6 +64,6 @@ ELASTICSEARCH_DSL = {
 
 
 ELASTICSEARCH_INDEX_NAMES = {
-    'search_indexes.documents.news': 'local_news',
+    # 'search_indexes.documents.news': 'local_news',
     'search_indexes.documents.establishment': 'local_establishment',
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/project/settings/stage.py b/project/settings/stage.py
index 59fc78ed..c0d6fdb1 100644
--- a/project/settings/stage.py
+++ b/project/settings/stage.py
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ ELASTICSEARCH_DSL = {
 
 
 ELASTICSEARCH_INDEX_NAMES = {
-    'search_indexes.documents.news': 'stage_news',
+    # 'search_indexes.documents.news': 'stage_news', #temporarily disabled
     'search_indexes.documents.establishment': 'stage_establishment',
 }
diff --git a/project/urls/back.py b/project/urls/back.py
index 5a64b955..7b4146eb 100644
--- a/project/urls/back.py
+++ b/project/urls/back.py
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ urlpatterns = [
                              namespace='gallery')),
     path('establishments/', include('establishment.urls.back')),
     path('location/', include('location.urls.back')),
+    path('news/', include('news.urls.back'))
 ]
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