diff --git a/recipes/handelsblatt.recipe b/recipes/handelsblatt.recipe
index 842fb5798c..90094cb276 100644
--- a/recipes/handelsblatt.recipe
+++ b/recipes/handelsblatt.recipe
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 # vim:fileencoding=utf-8
 # License: GPLv3 Copyright: 2016, Aimylios <aimylios at gmx.de>
 
-from __future__ import unicode_literals, division, absolute_import, print_function
-
 '''
 handelsblatt.com
 '''
@@ -63,18 +61,23 @@ class Handelsblatt(BasicNewsRecipe):
                                               'vhb-teaser vhb-type-video']}),
         dict(name='small', attrs={'class': ['vhb-credit']}),
         dict(name='ul', attrs={'class': ['hcf-redaktion']}),
-        dict(name='div', attrs={'class': ['white_content', 'fb-post',
-                                          'opinary-widget-wrapper', 'dg_health',
+        dict(name='div', attrs={'class': ['dg_health', 'fb-post', 'header-bar',
+                                          'lb_consent--placeholder',
+                                          'lb-item embed', 'lb-post-actions',
+                                          'mod--displaynone', 'white_content',
+                                          'opinary-widget-wrapper',
                                           'vhb-article__content-element--shorttextgallery',
                                           'vhb-hollow-area vhb-hollow-area--col-1']}),
+        dict(name='div', attrs={'class': re.compile('stepstone')}),
         dict(name='div', attrs={'class': re.compile('vhb-imagegallery')}),
         dict(name='div', attrs={'id': ['highcharts_infografik']}),
         dict(name='div', attrs={'id': re.compile('dax-sentiment')}),
         dict(name=['div', 'section'], attrs={'class': re.compile('slider')}),
         dict(name='a', attrs={'class': ['twitter-follow-button']}),
+        dict(name='img', attrs={'class': ['highlight-icon', 'lb-author__avatar']}),
         dict(name='img', attrs={'alt': re.compile('Handelsblatt Morning Briefing')}),
         dict(name='img', attrs={'alt': re.compile('Kolumnenkabinet')}),
-        dict(name=['link', 'blockquote'])
+        dict(name=['blockquote', 'button', 'link'])
     ]
 
     preprocess_regexps = [
@@ -97,6 +100,7 @@ class Handelsblatt(BasicNewsRecipe):
                  .vhb-teaser-head {margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em} \
                  .vhb-hollow-area--innercontent {font-size: 0.6em} \
                  .hcf-location-mark {font-weight: bold} \
+                 .lb-post-header {margin-top: 1em} \
                  .panel-body p {margin-top: 0em}'
 
     def get_browser(self):
@@ -135,9 +139,9 @@ class Handelsblatt(BasicNewsRecipe):
             for ul in row.findAll('ul'):
                 entry = ''
                 for li in ul.findAll(lambda tag: tag.name == 'li' and not tag.attrs):
-                    entry = entry + self.tag_to_string(li).strip() + ', '
+                    entry += self.tag_to_string(li).strip() + ', '
                 for li in ul.findAll(lambda tag: tag.name == 'li' and tag.attrs):
-                    entry = entry + self.tag_to_string(li)
+                    entry += self.tag_to_string(li)
                 ul.parent.replaceWith(entry)
         # remove all local hyperlinks
         for a in soup.findAll('a', {'href': True}):