diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index 5c3f47c5..c28f3446 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -27,14 +27,25 @@
   <meta property="og:url" content="{{ current_url }}">
   <meta property="og:type" content="website">
   <meta property="og:title" content="{{ resource.title }}">
+  {%- if resource.description -%}
   <meta property="og:description" content="{{ resource.description }}">
+  {%- endif -%}
 
   <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image">
   <meta name="twitter:title" content="{{ resource.title }}">
+  {%- if resource.description -%}
   <meta name="twitter:description" content="{{ resource.description }}">
+  {%- endif -%}
 
   <meta name="apple-itunes-app" content="app-id=1567437057">
   <meta name="wikidata" content="Q107078602">
+
+  {% if resource.date -%}
+  <meta property="article:published_time" content="{{ resource.date }}">
+  {%- endif -%}
+
+  {%- block meta -%}{%- endblock %}
+
   <!-- TODO: Use get_url everywhere when it works, also with cachebust=true,
   see https://github.com/getzola/zola/issues/1570 -->
   <link href="/main.css?h={{ get_file_hash(path='sass/main.scss', sha_type=256, base64=false) }}" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
diff --git a/templates/news.html b/templates/news.html
index 87ad968c..61a1c9c3 100644
--- a/templates/news.html
+++ b/templates/news.html
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 {% extends 'base.html' %}
 
+{% block meta %}
+{% set latestStr = resource.subsections | sort | last %}
+{% set latestSection = get_section(path=latestStr) %}
+{% set latestPage = latestSection.pages | first %}
+<meta property="article:published_time" content="{{ latestPage.date }}">
+{% endblock meta %}
+
 {% block content %}
 
 <h1>{{ resource.title }}</h1>