diff --git a/modules/default/newsfeed/README.md b/modules/default/newsfeed/README.md
index 8cfff7e7..eaaf2032 100644
--- a/modules/default/newsfeed/README.md
+++ b/modules/default/newsfeed/README.md
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ The following properties can be configured:
 				<br><b>Default value:</b> <code>2000</code> (2.5 seconds)
 			</td>
 		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td><code>encoding</code></td>
+			<td>The encoding of the news feed.<br>
+				<br><b>Possible values:</b><code>'UTF-8'</code>, <code>'ISO-8859-1'</code>, etc ...
+				<br><b>Default value:</b> <code>'UTF-8'</code> 
+			</td>
+		</tr>
 
 	</tbody>
 </table>
diff --git a/modules/default/newsfeed/fetcher.js b/modules/default/newsfeed/fetcher.js
index 3a4a81c3..427d198f 100644
--- a/modules/default/newsfeed/fetcher.js
+++ b/modules/default/newsfeed/fetcher.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ var NewsFetcher = require('./newsfetcher.js');
  * attribute reloadInterval number - Reload interval in milliseconds.
  */
 
-var Fetcher = function(url, reloadInterval) {
+var Fetcher = function(url, reloadInterval, encoding) {
 	var self = this;
 	var newsFetcher = new NewsFetcher();
 	if (reloadInterval < 1000) {
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ var Fetcher = function(url, reloadInterval) {
 		}, function(error) {
 			fetchFailedCallback(self, error);
 			scheduleTimer();
-		});
+		}, encoding);
 	};
 
 	/* scheduleTimer()
diff --git a/modules/default/newsfeed/newsfeed.js b/modules/default/newsfeed/newsfeed.js
index b6640382..b643a000 100644
--- a/modules/default/newsfeed/newsfeed.js
+++ b/modules/default/newsfeed/newsfeed.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Module.register('newsfeed',{
 		reloadInterval:  5 * 60 * 1000, // every 5 minutes
 	    updateInterval: 7.5 * 1000,
         animationSpeed: 2.5 * 1000,
+        encoding: 'UTF-8' //ISO-8859-1
 	},
 
 	// Define required scripts.
@@ -56,6 +57,13 @@ Module.register('newsfeed',{
 	getDom: function() {
 		var wrapper = document.createElement("div");
 
+		// wrapper.className = "small";
+		// for (var n in this.newsItems) {
+		// 	var item = this.newsItems[n];
+		// 	wrapper.innerHTML += item.title + '<br>';
+		// }
+		// return wrapper;
+
 		if (this.activeItem >= this.newsItems.length) {
 			this.activeItem = 0;
 		}
@@ -90,7 +98,8 @@ Module.register('newsfeed',{
 		Log.log('Add news feed to fetcher: ' + this.config.feedUrl);
 		this.sendSocketNotification('ADD_FEED', {
 			url: this.config.feedUrl,
-			reloadInterval: this.config.reloadInterval
+			reloadInterval: this.config.reloadInterval,
+			encoding: this.config.encoding
 		});
 	},
 
diff --git a/modules/default/newsfeed/newsfetcher.js b/modules/default/newsfeed/newsfetcher.js
index 3075ac67..145e4cb0 100644
--- a/modules/default/newsfeed/newsfetcher.js
+++ b/modules/default/newsfeed/newsfetcher.js
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ var NewsFetcher = function() {
 	 * attribute success function(items) - Callback on succes.
 	 * attribute error function(error) - Callback on error.
 	 */
-	self.fetchNews = function(url, success, error) {
+	self.fetchNews = function(url, success, error, encoding) {
 		self.successCallback = success;
 		self.errorCallback = error;
-		request({uri:url, encoding:null}).pipe(iconv.decodeStream('ISO-8859-1')).pipe(parser);
+		request({uri:url, encoding:null}).pipe(iconv.decodeStream(encoding)).pipe(parser);
 	};
 };
 
diff --git a/modules/default/newsfeed/node_helper.js b/modules/default/newsfeed/node_helper.js
index 4199875d..12328607 100644
--- a/modules/default/newsfeed/node_helper.js
+++ b/modules/default/newsfeed/node_helper.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module.exports = NodeHelper.create({
 	// Subclass socketNotificationReceived received.
 	socketNotificationReceived: function(notification, payload) {
 		if(notification === 'ADD_FEED') {
-			this.createFetcher(payload.url, payload.reloadInterval);
+			this.createFetcher(payload.url, payload.reloadInterval, payload.encoding);
 		}
 	},
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module.exports = NodeHelper.create({
 	 * attribute reloadInterval number - Reload interval in milliseconds.
 	 */
 
-	createFetcher: function(url, reloadInterval) {
+	createFetcher: function(url, reloadInterval, encoding) {
 		var self = this;
 
 		if (!validUrl.isUri(url)){
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ module.exports = NodeHelper.create({
 		var fetcher;
 		if (typeof self.fetchers[url] === 'undefined') {
 			console.log('Create new news fetcher for url: ' + url + ' - Interval: ' + reloadInterval);
-			fetcher = new Fetcher(url, reloadInterval);
+			fetcher = new Fetcher(url, reloadInterval, encoding);
 
 			fetcher.onReceive(function(fetcher) {
 				self.sendSocketNotification('NEWS_ITEMS', {