diff --git a/activities/education/education.xsl b/activities/education/education.xsl
index 6d2fd58b5b..c7c58a1c13 100644
--- a/activities/education/education.xsl
+++ b/activities/education/education.xsl
@@ -95,9 +95,6 @@
   <!--define dynamic list of country news items-->
     <xsl:template match="country-news">
         <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-            <xsl:with-param name="tag">
-                <xsl:value-of select="education" />
-            </xsl:with-param>
             <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="3" />
         </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:template>
@@ -107,9 +104,6 @@
         <!-- Current events -->
         <xsl:call-template name="fetch-events">
             <xsl:with-param name="wanted-time" select="'present'" />
-            <xsl:with-param name="tag">
-                <xsl:value-of select="education" />
-            </xsl:with-param>
             <xsl:with-param name="display-details" select="'yes'" />
         </xsl:call-template>
         
@@ -117,9 +111,6 @@
         <xsl:call-template name="fetch-events">
             <xsl:with-param name="wanted-time" select="'future'" />
             <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="3" />
-            <xsl:with-param name="tag">
-                <xsl:value-of select="education" />
-            </xsl:with-param>
             <xsl:with-param name="display-details" select="'yes'" />
         </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:template>
diff --git a/activities/os/os.xsl b/activities/os/os.xsl
index cee38d856b..e10bc00005 100644
--- a/activities/os/os.xsl
+++ b/activities/os/os.xsl
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
   <xsl:import href="../../fsfe.xsl" />
   <xsl:output method="html" encoding="utf-8" indent="yes" doctype-system="about:legacy-compat" />
   
-  
   <xsl:template match="fetch-news">
     <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-      <xsl:with-param name="tag" select="'OpenStandards'"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="5"/>
     </xsl:call-template>
   </xsl:template>
diff --git a/activities/procurement/procurement.xsl b/activities/procurement/procurement.xsl
index 66befb96db..e6210ad19c 100644
--- a/activities/procurement/procurement.xsl
+++ b/activities/procurement/procurement.xsl
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
   <xsl:import href="../../fsfe.xsl" />
   <xsl:output method="html" encoding="utf-8" indent="yes" doctype-system="about:legacy-compat" />
   
-  
   <xsl:template match="fetch-news">
     <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-      <xsl:with-param name="tag" select="'Procurement'"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="15"/>
     </xsl:call-template>
   </xsl:template>
diff --git a/activities/radiodirective/radiodirective.xsl b/activities/radiodirective/radiodirective.xsl
index 1d6c616b67..6e14f3eaac 100644
--- a/activities/radiodirective/radiodirective.xsl
+++ b/activities/radiodirective/radiodirective.xsl
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
   <xsl:import href="../../fsfe.xsl" />
   <xsl:output method="html" encoding="utf-8" indent="yes" doctype-system="about:legacy-compat" />
   
-  
   <xsl:template match="fetch-news">
     <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-      <xsl:with-param name="tag" select="'RadioDirective'"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="5"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="sidebar" select="'yes'"/>
     </xsl:call-template>
diff --git a/activities/routers/routers.xsl b/activities/routers/routers.xsl
index 6d22b1a55b..e6210ad19c 100644
--- a/activities/routers/routers.xsl
+++ b/activities/routers/routers.xsl
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
   <xsl:import href="../../fsfe.xsl" />
   <xsl:output method="html" encoding="utf-8" indent="yes" doctype-system="about:legacy-compat" />
   
-  
   <xsl:template match="fetch-news">
     <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-      <xsl:with-param name="tag" select="'routers'"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="15"/>
     </xsl:call-template>
   </xsl:template>
diff --git a/at/at.xsl b/at/at.xsl
index a900f14ece..1d4c14c4e6 100644
--- a/at/at.xsl
+++ b/at/at.xsl
@@ -107,9 +107,6 @@
   <!--define dynamic list of country news items-->
     <xsl:template match="country-news">
         <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-            <xsl:with-param name="tag">
-                <xsl:value-of select="$country-code" />
-            </xsl:with-param>
             <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="3" />
         </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:template>
@@ -119,9 +116,6 @@
         <!-- Current events -->
         <xsl:call-template name="fetch-events">
             <xsl:with-param name="wanted-time" select="'present'" />
-            <xsl:with-param name="tag">
-                <xsl:value-of select="$country-code" />
-            </xsl:with-param>
             <xsl:with-param name="display-details" select="'yes'" />
         </xsl:call-template>
         
@@ -129,9 +123,6 @@
         <xsl:call-template name="fetch-events">
             <xsl:with-param name="wanted-time" select="'future'" />
             <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="3" />
-            <xsl:with-param name="tag">
-                <xsl:value-of select="$country-code" />
-            </xsl:with-param>
             <xsl:with-param name="display-details" select="'yes'" />
         </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:template>
diff --git a/campaigns/askyourcandidates/askyourcandidates.xsl b/campaigns/askyourcandidates/askyourcandidates.xsl
index 11220ab8a3..e10bc00005 100755
--- a/campaigns/askyourcandidates/askyourcandidates.xsl
+++ b/campaigns/askyourcandidates/askyourcandidates.xsl
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
   <xsl:import href="../../fsfe.xsl" />
   <xsl:output method="html" encoding="utf-8" indent="yes" doctype-system="about:legacy-compat" />
   
-  
   <xsl:template match="fetch-news">
     <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-      <xsl:with-param name="tag" select="'AskYourCandidates'"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="5"/>
     </xsl:call-template>
   </xsl:template>
diff --git a/campaigns/ilovefs/2012/ilovefs.xsl b/campaigns/ilovefs/2012/ilovefs.xsl
index 0ccbd3862b..fd9cdd5c80 100755
--- a/campaigns/ilovefs/2012/ilovefs.xsl
+++ b/campaigns/ilovefs/2012/ilovefs.xsl
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
   <xsl:import href="../../../fsfe.xsl" />
   <xsl:output method="html" encoding="utf-8" indent="yes" doctype-system="about:legacy-compat" />
   
-  
   <xsl:template match="fetch-news">
     <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-      <xsl:with-param name="tag" select="'ilovefs'"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="5"/>
     </xsl:call-template>
   </xsl:template>
diff --git a/campaigns/ilovefs/2012/unperfekthaus.xsl b/campaigns/ilovefs/2012/unperfekthaus.xsl
index 0ccbd3862b..fd9cdd5c80 100755
--- a/campaigns/ilovefs/2012/unperfekthaus.xsl
+++ b/campaigns/ilovefs/2012/unperfekthaus.xsl
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
   <xsl:import href="../../../fsfe.xsl" />
   <xsl:output method="html" encoding="utf-8" indent="yes" doctype-system="about:legacy-compat" />
   
-  
   <xsl:template match="fetch-news">
     <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-      <xsl:with-param name="tag" select="'ilovefs'"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="5"/>
     </xsl:call-template>
   </xsl:template>
diff --git a/campaigns/ilovefs/2013/ilovefs.xsl b/campaigns/ilovefs/2013/ilovefs.xsl
index 0ccbd3862b..fd9cdd5c80 100755
--- a/campaigns/ilovefs/2013/ilovefs.xsl
+++ b/campaigns/ilovefs/2013/ilovefs.xsl
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
   <xsl:import href="../../../fsfe.xsl" />
   <xsl:output method="html" encoding="utf-8" indent="yes" doctype-system="about:legacy-compat" />
   
-  
   <xsl:template match="fetch-news">
     <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-      <xsl:with-param name="tag" select="'ilovefs'"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="5"/>
     </xsl:call-template>
   </xsl:template>
diff --git a/campaigns/ilovefs/2014/ilovefs.xsl b/campaigns/ilovefs/2014/ilovefs.xsl
index 0ccbd3862b..fd9cdd5c80 100755
--- a/campaigns/ilovefs/2014/ilovefs.xsl
+++ b/campaigns/ilovefs/2014/ilovefs.xsl
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
   <xsl:import href="../../../fsfe.xsl" />
   <xsl:output method="html" encoding="utf-8" indent="yes" doctype-system="about:legacy-compat" />
   
-  
   <xsl:template match="fetch-news">
     <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-      <xsl:with-param name="tag" select="'ilovefs'"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="5"/>
     </xsl:call-template>
   </xsl:template>
diff --git a/campaigns/ilovefs/2015/ilovefs.xsl b/campaigns/ilovefs/2015/ilovefs.xsl
index 0ccbd3862b..fd9cdd5c80 100755
--- a/campaigns/ilovefs/2015/ilovefs.xsl
+++ b/campaigns/ilovefs/2015/ilovefs.xsl
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
   <xsl:import href="../../../fsfe.xsl" />
   <xsl:output method="html" encoding="utf-8" indent="yes" doctype-system="about:legacy-compat" />
   
-  
   <xsl:template match="fetch-news">
     <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-      <xsl:with-param name="tag" select="'ilovefs'"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="5"/>
     </xsl:call-template>
   </xsl:template>
diff --git a/campaigns/ilovefs/2016/index.xsl b/campaigns/ilovefs/2016/index.xsl
index 4bb9cf4ec7..f05252cb6d 100755
--- a/campaigns/ilovefs/2016/index.xsl
+++ b/campaigns/ilovefs/2016/index.xsl
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
   
   <xsl:template match="fetch-news">
     <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-      <xsl:with-param name="tag" select="'ilovefs'"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="5"/>
     </xsl:call-template>
   </xsl:template>
diff --git a/campaigns/ilovefs/2017/index.xsl b/campaigns/ilovefs/2017/index.xsl
index 9773917a8d..ac73ab5f95 100755
--- a/campaigns/ilovefs/2017/index.xsl
+++ b/campaigns/ilovefs/2017/index.xsl
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
   
   <xsl:template match="fetch-news">
     <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-      <xsl:with-param name="tag" select="'ilovefs'"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="5"/>
     </xsl:call-template>
   </xsl:template>
diff --git a/campaigns/ilovefs/2018/index.xsl b/campaigns/ilovefs/2018/index.xsl
index 9773917a8d..ac73ab5f95 100755
--- a/campaigns/ilovefs/2018/index.xsl
+++ b/campaigns/ilovefs/2018/index.xsl
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
   
   <xsl:template match="fetch-news">
     <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-      <xsl:with-param name="tag" select="'ilovefs'"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="5"/>
     </xsl:call-template>
   </xsl:template>
diff --git a/campaigns/ilovefs/2019/index.xsl b/campaigns/ilovefs/2019/index.xsl
index 9773917a8d..ac73ab5f95 100755
--- a/campaigns/ilovefs/2019/index.xsl
+++ b/campaigns/ilovefs/2019/index.xsl
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
   
   <xsl:template match="fetch-news">
     <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-      <xsl:with-param name="tag" select="'ilovefs'"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="5"/>
     </xsl:call-template>
   </xsl:template>
diff --git a/campaigns/ilovefs/2020/index.xsl b/campaigns/ilovefs/2020/index.xsl
index 52147957af..b8756acb33 100755
--- a/campaigns/ilovefs/2020/index.xsl
+++ b/campaigns/ilovefs/2020/index.xsl
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
   
   <xsl:template match="fetch-news">
     <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-      <xsl:with-param name="tag" select="'ilovefs'"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="2"/>
     </xsl:call-template>
   </xsl:template>
diff --git a/campaigns/nledu/nledu.xsl b/campaigns/nledu/nledu.xsl
index d4e024ee6c..e10bc00005 100755
--- a/campaigns/nledu/nledu.xsl
+++ b/campaigns/nledu/nledu.xsl
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
   <xsl:import href="../../fsfe.xsl" />
   <xsl:output method="html" encoding="utf-8" indent="yes" doctype-system="about:legacy-compat" />
   
-  
   <xsl:template match="fetch-news">
     <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-      <xsl:with-param name="tag" select="'nledu'"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="5"/>
     </xsl:call-template>
   </xsl:template>
diff --git a/campaigns/publiccode/bea.xsl b/campaigns/publiccode/bea.xsl
index 27a8ae4ed4..6f0f296447 100644
--- a/campaigns/publiccode/bea.xsl
+++ b/campaigns/publiccode/bea.xsl
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
   
   <xsl:template match="fetch-news">
     <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-      <xsl:with-param name="tag" select="'bea'"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="5"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="sidebar" select="'yes'"/>
     </xsl:call-template>
diff --git a/campaigns/publiccode/publiccode.xsl b/campaigns/publiccode/publiccode.xsl
index d20a421df3..d3eef6aabd 100644
--- a/campaigns/publiccode/publiccode.xsl
+++ b/campaigns/publiccode/publiccode.xsl
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
   
   <xsl:template match="fetch-news">
     <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-      <xsl:with-param name="tag" select="'pmpc'"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="5"/>
       <xsl:with-param name="sidebar" select="'yes'"/>
     </xsl:call-template>
diff --git a/de/de.xsl b/de/de.xsl
index efe594108f..c5741c2d0a 100644
--- a/de/de.xsl
+++ b/de/de.xsl
@@ -107,9 +107,6 @@
   <!--define dynamic list of country news items-->
     <xsl:template match="country-news">
         <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-            <xsl:with-param name="tag">
-                <xsl:value-of select="$country-code" />
-            </xsl:with-param>
             <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="3" />
         </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:template>
@@ -120,14 +117,12 @@
     <!-- Current events -->
     <xsl:call-template name="fetch-events">
       <xsl:with-param name="wanted-time" select="'present'" />
-      <xsl:with-param name="tag">de</xsl:with-param>
       <xsl:with-param name="display-details" select="'yes'" />
     </xsl:call-template>
     
     <!-- Future events -->
     <xsl:call-template name="fetch-events">
       <xsl:with-param name="wanted-time" select="'future'" />
-      <xsl:with-param name="tag">de</xsl:with-param>
       <xsl:with-param name="display-details" select="'yes'" />
       <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="3" />
       <!--FIXME ↑ why is it showing one more?-->
diff --git a/ee/ee.xsl b/ee/ee.xsl
index c14ac8dece..59bae358ca 100644
--- a/ee/ee.xsl
+++ b/ee/ee.xsl
@@ -107,9 +107,6 @@
   <!--define dynamic list of country news items-->
     <xsl:template match="country-news">
         <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-            <xsl:with-param name="tag">
-                <xsl:value-of select="$country-code" />
-            </xsl:with-param>
             <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="3" />
         </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:template>
@@ -119,9 +116,6 @@
         <!-- Current events -->
         <xsl:call-template name="fetch-events">
             <xsl:with-param name="wanted-time" select="'present'" />
-            <xsl:with-param name="tag">
-                <xsl:value-of select="$country-code" />
-            </xsl:with-param>
             <xsl:with-param name="display-details" select="'yes'" />
         </xsl:call-template>
         
@@ -129,9 +123,6 @@
         <xsl:call-template name="fetch-events">
             <xsl:with-param name="wanted-time" select="'future'" />
             <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="3" />
-            <xsl:with-param name="tag">
-                <xsl:value-of select="$country-code" />
-            </xsl:with-param>
             <xsl:with-param name="display-details" select="'yes'" />
         </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:template>
diff --git a/fi/fi.xsl b/fi/fi.xsl
index a76c9851f2..828a889ae2 100644
--- a/fi/fi.xsl
+++ b/fi/fi.xsl
@@ -107,9 +107,6 @@
   <!--define dynamic list of country news items-->
     <xsl:template match="country-news">
         <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-            <xsl:with-param name="tag">
-                <xsl:value-of select="$country-code" />
-            </xsl:with-param>
             <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="3" />
         </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:template>
@@ -119,9 +116,6 @@
         <!-- Current events -->
         <xsl:call-template name="fetch-events">
             <xsl:with-param name="wanted-time" select="'present'" />
-            <xsl:with-param name="tag">
-                <xsl:value-of select="$country-code" />
-            </xsl:with-param>
             <xsl:with-param name="display-details" select="'yes'" />
         </xsl:call-template>
         
@@ -129,9 +123,6 @@
         <xsl:call-template name="fetch-events">
             <xsl:with-param name="wanted-time" select="'future'" />
             <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="3" />
-            <xsl:with-param name="tag">
-                <xsl:value-of select="$country-code" />
-            </xsl:with-param>
             <xsl:with-param name="display-details" select="'yes'" />
         </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:template>
diff --git a/fr/fr.xsl b/fr/fr.xsl
index 5c1d77e4d3..ec0d4fe617 100644
--- a/fr/fr.xsl
+++ b/fr/fr.xsl
@@ -107,9 +107,6 @@
   <!--define dynamic list of country news items-->
     <xsl:template match="country-news">
         <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-            <xsl:with-param name="tag">
-                <xsl:value-of select="$country-code" />
-            </xsl:with-param>
             <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="3" />
         </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:template>
@@ -119,9 +116,6 @@
         <!-- Current events -->
         <xsl:call-template name="fetch-events">
             <xsl:with-param name="wanted-time" select="'present'" />
-            <xsl:with-param name="tag">
-                <xsl:value-of select="$country-code" />
-            </xsl:with-param>
             <xsl:with-param name="display-details" select="'yes'" />
         </xsl:call-template>
         
@@ -129,9 +123,6 @@
         <xsl:call-template name="fetch-events">
             <xsl:with-param name="wanted-time" select="'future'" />
             <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="2" />
-            <xsl:with-param name="tag">
-                <xsl:value-of select="$country-code" />
-            </xsl:with-param>
             <xsl:with-param name="display-details" select="'yes'" />
         </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:template>
diff --git a/fsfe.xsl b/fsfe.xsl
index a404731a73..fd79bac083 100644
--- a/fsfe.xsl
+++ b/fsfe.xsl
@@ -78,14 +78,6 @@
     <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
   </xsl:template>
   
- <!--FIXME ↓-->
-  <xsl:template match="fetch-news">
-    <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-      <xsl:with-param name="tag" select="'/buildinfo/document/sidebar/@news'"/>
-      <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="4"/>
-    </xsl:call-template>
-  </xsl:template>
-  
   <!-- Static elements which can be included everywhere -->
   <xsl:template match="static-element">
     <xsl:variable name="id"><xsl:value-of select="@id"/></xsl:variable>
diff --git a/index.xsl b/index.xsl
index 7f297522d3..95aa489e2f 100644
--- a/index.xsl
+++ b/index.xsl
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
   <xsl:template match="dynamic-content-news">
     <xsl:for-each select="/buildinfo/document/set/news[
         translate(@date, '-', '') &lt;= translate($today, '-', '')
-        and (tags/tag/@key = 'front-page')
       ]">
       <xsl:sort select="@date" order="descending"/>
       <xsl:if test="position() &lt;= 3">
@@ -161,7 +160,6 @@
   <xsl:template match="dynamic-content-events">
     <xsl:for-each select="/buildinfo/document/set/event[
         translate (@end, '-', '') &gt;= translate ($today, '-', '')
-        and (tags/tag/@key = 'front-page')
       ]">
       <xsl:sort select="@start"/>
       <xsl:if test="position() &lt;= 3">
diff --git a/it/it.xsl b/it/it.xsl
index 62ccf140ca..b18392c820 100644
--- a/it/it.xsl
+++ b/it/it.xsl
@@ -107,9 +107,6 @@
   <!--define dynamic list of country news items-->
     <xsl:template match="country-news">
         <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-            <xsl:with-param name="tag">
-                <xsl:value-of select="$country-code" />
-            </xsl:with-param>
             <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="3" />
         </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:template>
@@ -119,9 +116,6 @@
         <!-- Current events -->
         <xsl:call-template name="fetch-events">
             <xsl:with-param name="wanted-time" select="'present'" />
-            <xsl:with-param name="tag">
-                <xsl:value-of select="$country-code" />
-            </xsl:with-param>
             <xsl:with-param name="display-details" select="'yes'" />
         </xsl:call-template>
         
@@ -129,9 +123,6 @@
         <xsl:call-template name="fetch-events">
             <xsl:with-param name="wanted-time" select="'future'" />
             <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="3" />
-            <xsl:with-param name="tag">
-                <xsl:value-of select="$country-code" />
-            </xsl:with-param>
             <xsl:with-param name="display-details" select="'yes'" />
         </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:template>
diff --git a/news/legal-news.sources b/news/legal-news.sources
index 6cfdea62b3..247bc5da0a 100644
--- a/news/legal-news.sources
+++ b/news/legal-news.sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-news/*/news-*:[legal news]
-news/*/.news-*:[legal news]
+news/*/news-*:[legal-news]
+news/*/.news-*:[legal-news]
diff --git a/news/legal-news.xsl b/news/legal-news.xsl
index 748565f45f..ea36401d44 100644
--- a/news/legal-news.xsl
+++ b/news/legal-news.xsl
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@
   <xsl:output method="html" encoding="utf-8" indent="yes" doctype-system="about:legacy-compat" />
   
   <xsl:template match="legal-news">
-    <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-      <xsl:with-param name="tag" select="'legal-news'" />
-    </xsl:call-template>
+    <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news"/>
   </xsl:template>
   
 </xsl:stylesheet>
diff --git a/tools/xsltsl/tagging.xsl b/tools/xsltsl/tagging.xsl
index 5a6f3e70f1..2b9c894198 100644
--- a/tools/xsltsl/tagging.xsl
+++ b/tools/xsltsl/tagging.xsl
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
   <!--display dynamic list of tagged news items-->
 
   <xsl:template name="fetch-news">
-    <xsl:param name="tag" select="''"/>
     <xsl:param name="today" select="/buildinfo/@date" />
     <xsl:param name="nb-items" select="''" />
     <xsl:param name="display-year" select="'yes'" />
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@
 
     <xsl:for-each select="/buildinfo/document/set/news[
         translate(@date, '-', '') &lt;= translate($today, '-', '')
-        and (tags/tag/@key = $tag or $tag='')
       ]">
       <xsl:sort select="@date" order="descending" />
 
@@ -37,7 +35,6 @@
   <!--display dynamic list of tagged event items-->
 
   <xsl:template name="fetch-events">
-    <xsl:param name="tag" select="''"/>
     <xsl:param name="today" select="/buildinfo/@date" />
     <xsl:param name="wanted-time" select="future" /> <!-- value in {"past", "present", "future"} -->
     <xsl:param name="header" select="''" />
@@ -50,7 +47,6 @@
       <!-- Past events -->
       <xsl:for-each select="/buildinfo/document/set/event[
           translate (@end, '-', '') &lt; translate ($today, '-', '')
-          and (tags/tag/@key = $tag or $tag='')
         ]">
         <xsl:sort select="@end" order="descending" />
         <xsl:if test="position() &lt;= $nb-items or $nb-items=''">
@@ -68,7 +64,6 @@
       <xsl:for-each select="/buildinfo/document/set/event[
           translate (@start, '-', '') &lt;= translate ($today, '-', '')
           and translate (@end,   '-', '') &gt;= translate ($today, '-', '')
-          and (tags/tag/@key = $tag or $tag='')
         ]">
         <xsl:sort select="@start" order="descending" />
         <xsl:if test="position() &lt;= $nb-items or $nb-items=''">
@@ -85,7 +80,6 @@
       <!-- Future events -->
       <xsl:for-each select="/buildinfo/document/set/event[
           translate (@start, '-', '') &gt; translate ($today, '-', '')
-          and (tags/tag/@key = $tag or $tag='')
         ]">
         <xsl:sort select="@start" />
         <xsl:if test="position() &lt;= $nb-items or $nb-items=''">
diff --git a/uk/uk.xsl b/uk/uk.xsl
index 7336e82299..cf57f02cfc 100644
--- a/uk/uk.xsl
+++ b/uk/uk.xsl
@@ -106,9 +106,6 @@
   <!--define dynamic list of country news items-->
     <xsl:template match="country-news">
         <xsl:call-template name="fetch-news">
-            <xsl:with-param name="tag">
-                <xsl:value-of select="$country-code" />
-            </xsl:with-param>
             <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="3" />
         </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:template>
@@ -118,9 +115,6 @@
         <!-- Current events -->
         <xsl:call-template name="fetch-events">
             <xsl:with-param name="wanted-time" select="'present'" />
-            <xsl:with-param name="tag">
-                <xsl:value-of select="$country-code" />
-            </xsl:with-param>
             <xsl:with-param name="display-details" select="'yes'" />
         </xsl:call-template>
         
@@ -128,9 +122,6 @@
         <xsl:call-template name="fetch-events">
             <xsl:with-param name="wanted-time" select="'future'" />
             <xsl:with-param name="nb-items" select="3" />
-            <xsl:with-param name="tag">
-                <xsl:value-of select="$country-code" />
-            </xsl:with-param>
             <xsl:with-param name="display-details" select="'yes'" />
         </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:template>