--- a/pages/news/page_meta.py	Fri Jun 28 17:44:55 2019 +0200
+++ b/pages/news/page_meta.py	Sat Oct 05 01:26:51 2019 +0200
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 
 log = getLogger(__name__)
 
-name = u"news"
-template = u"news/news.html"
+name = "news"
+template = "news/news.html"
 service = None
 node = None
 
@@ -19,28 +19,28 @@
 def prepare_render(self, request):
     global service, node
     if service is None:
-        blog_dict = self.getConfig(u'news_blog_dict', {})
+        blog_dict = self.getConfig('news_blog_dict', {})
         try:
             service = jid.JID(blog_dict['service'])
         except RuntimeError as e:
-            log.warning(_(u"Can't parse service in news_blog_dict: {e}").format(e=e))
+            log.warning(_("Can't parse service in news_blog_dict: {e}").format(e=e))
             service = None
         except KeyError:
-            log.warnning(_(u"Missing service in news_blog_dict"))
+            log.warnning(_("Missing service in news_blog_dict"))
             service = None
-        node = blog_dict.get('node', u'')
+        node = blog_dict.get('node', '')
         if not blog_dict or service is None:
-            log.warning(_(u'No value set for news_blog_dict, "news" page can\'t be used'))
+            log.warning(_('No value set for news_blog_dict, "news" page can\'t be used'))
             self.pageError(request, C.HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE)
 
     data = self.getRData(request)
-    data[u'service'] = service
-    data[u'node'] = node
+    data['service'] = service
+    data['node'] = node
 
     # self.checkCache(
     #     request, C.CACHE_PUBSUB, service=service, node=node, short="microblog")
 
     # we now need blog items, using blog common page
     # this will fill the "items" template data
-    blog_page = self.getPageByName(u"blog_view")
+    blog_page = self.getPageByName("blog_view")
     yield blog_page.prepare_render(self, request)