diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Container/News/class.ilContainerNewsSettingsGUI.php b/components/ILIAS/Container/News/class.ilContainerNewsSettingsGUI.php
index 62518cf5095a..14d10f75aaa8 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/Container/News/class.ilContainerNewsSettingsGUI.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Container/News/class.ilContainerNewsSettingsGUI.php
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ public function initForm(): ilPropertyFormGUI
 
         $block_id = $this->ctrl->getContextObjId();
 
-        // Visibility by date
         $hide_news_per_date = ilBlockSetting::_lookup(
             ilNewsForContextBlockGUI::$block_type,
             "hide_news_per_date",
@@ -151,32 +150,60 @@ public function initForm(): ilPropertyFormGUI
             0,
             $block_id
         );
+        $hide_news_mode = ilBlockSetting::_lookup(
+            ilNewsForContextBlockGUI::$block_type,
+            "hide_news_mode",
+            0,
+            $block_id
+        ) ?? ($hide_news_date != "" ? "per_date" : "global");
+        $news_co_period = ilBlockSetting::_lookup(
+            ilNewsForContextBlockGUI::$block_type,
+            "news_co_period",
+            0,
+            $block_id
+        ) ?? "";
 
         if ($hide_news_date != "") {
             $hide_news_date = explode(" ", $hide_news_date);
         }
 
-        // Hide news before a date (courses, groups and categories)
+        // Hide news: none, per date, or by period (courses, groups and categories)
         if ($this->has_hide_by_date) {
-            //Hide news per date
-            $hnpd = new ilCheckboxInputGUI(
-                $this->lng->txt("news_hide_news_per_date"),
-                "hide_news_per_date"
-            );
-            $hnpd->setInfo($this->lng->txt("news_hide_news_per_date_info"));
-            $hnpd->setChecked((bool) $hide_news_per_date);
+            $radio = new ilRadioGroupInputGUI($this->lng->txt("news_hide_news_mode"), "hide_news_mode");
+            $radio->setValue($hide_news_mode);
 
+            $opt_global = new ilRadioOption($this->lng->txt("news_hide_news_global"), "global");
+            $radio->addOption($opt_global);
+
+            $opt_none = new ilRadioOption($this->lng->txt("news_hide_news_none"), "none");
+            $radio->addOption($opt_none);
+
+            $opt_per_date = new ilRadioOption($this->lng->txt("news_hide_news_per_date"), "per_date");
+            $opt_per_date->setInfo($this->lng->txt("news_hide_news_per_date_info"));
             $dt_prop = new ilDateTimeInputGUI($this->lng->txt("news_hide_news_date"), "hide_news_date");
             $dt_prop->setRequired(true);
-            if (is_array($hide_news_date)) {
+            if (is_array($hide_news_date) && count($hide_news_date) >= 2) {
                 $dt_prop->setDate(new ilDateTime($hide_news_date[0] . ' ' . ($hide_news_date[1] ?? "12:00:00"), IL_CAL_DATETIME));
             }
-
             $dt_prop->setShowTime(true);
-
-            $hnpd->addSubItem($dt_prop);
-
-            $form->addItem($hnpd);
+            $opt_per_date->addSubItem($dt_prop);
+            $radio->addOption($opt_per_date);
+
+            $opt_by_period = new ilRadioOption($this->lng->txt("news_hide_news_by_period"), "by_period");
+            $opt_by_period->setInfo($this->lng->txt("news_hide_news_by_period_info"));
+            $per_sel = new ilSelectInputGUI($this->lng->txt("news_co_period"), "news_co_period");
+            $per_sel->setRequired(true);
+            $per_sel->setInfo($this->lng->txt("news_co_period_info"));
+            $per_sel->setOptions([
+                7 => "1 {$this->lng->txt("week")}",
+                30 => "1 {$this->lng->txt("month")}",
+                366 => "1 {$this->lng->txt("year")}"
+            ]);
+            $per_sel->setValue($news_co_period);
+            $opt_by_period->addSubItem($per_sel);
+            $radio->addOption($opt_by_period);
+
+            $form->addItem($radio);
         }
 
         // public notifications (forums)
@@ -216,15 +243,45 @@ public function save(): void
                 //save contextblock settings
                 $context_block_settings = [
                     "public_feed" => $form->getInput("notifications_public_feed") ?? "",
-                    "default_visibility" => $form->getInput("default_visibility"),
-                    "hide_news_per_date" => $form->getInput("hide_news_per_date"),
-                    "hide_news_date" => $form->getInput("hide_news_date")
+                    "default_visibility" => $form->getInput("default_visibility")
                 ];
                 if ($this->has_public_notification) {
                     $context_block_settings["public_notifications"] =
                         $form->getInput('public_notifications');
                 }
 
+                if ($this->has_hide_by_date) {
+                    $context_block_settings["hide_news_mode"] = $form->getInput("hide_news_mode");
+                    switch ($context_block_settings["hide_news_mode"]) {
+                        case "per_date":
+                            $hd = $form->getItemByPostVar("hide_news_date");
+                            if ($hd instanceof ilDateTimeInputGUI) {
+                                $hide_date = $hd->getDate();
+                                if (!$hide_date instanceof ilDateTime) {
+                                    $hd->setAlert($this->lng->txt("msg_input_is_required"));
+                                    $form->setValuesByPost();
+                                    $this->tpl->setContent($form->getHTML());
+                                    return;
+                                }
+                                $context_block_settings["hide_news_per_date"] = "1";
+                                $context_block_settings["hide_news_date"] = $hide_date->get(IL_CAL_DATETIME);
+                            }
+                            $context_block_settings["news_co_period"] = "";
+                            break;
+                        case "by_period":
+                            $context_block_settings["hide_news_per_date"] = "0";
+                            $context_block_settings["hide_news_date"] = "";
+                            $context_block_settings["news_co_period"] = $form->getInput("news_co_period");
+                            break;
+                        case "global":
+                        default:
+                            $context_block_settings["hide_news_per_date"] = "0";
+                            $context_block_settings["hide_news_date"] = "";
+                            $context_block_settings["news_co_period"] = "";
+                            break;
+                    }
+                }
+
                 ilNewsForContextBlockGUI::writeSettings($context_block_settings);
 
                 if (in_array(ilObject::_lookupType($this->object->getId()), ['crs', 'grp'])) {
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/News/classes/class.ilNewsItem.php b/components/ILIAS/News/classes/class.ilNewsItem.php
index 717e7d657eb1..df1115e25bbf 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/News/classes/class.ilNewsItem.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/News/classes/class.ilNewsItem.php
@@ -1749,6 +1749,11 @@ public static function _lookupDefaultPDPeriod(): int
         return $per;
     }
 
+    public static function _lookupDefaultCOPeriod(): int
+    {
+        return (int) (new ilSetting("news"))->get("co_period") ?: 30;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @deprecated will move to settings->user
      */
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/News/classes/class.ilObjNewsSettingsGUI.php b/components/ILIAS/News/classes/class.ilObjNewsSettingsGUI.php
index 0885b34a03c9..8313e826138b 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/News/classes/class.ilObjNewsSettingsGUI.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/News/classes/class.ilObjNewsSettingsGUI.php
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@ public function getSettingsForm(): ilPropertyFormGUI
         $per_sel->setValue((string) ilNewsItem::_lookupDefaultPDPeriod());
         $form->addItem($per_sel);
 
+        $per_sel = new ilSelectInputGUI($lng->txt("news_co_period"), "news_co_period");
+        $per_sel->setInfo($lng->txt("news_co_period_info"));
+        $per_sel->setOptions([-1 => $lng->txt("news_hide_news_none")] + $per_opts);
+        $per_sel->setValue((string) ilNewsItem::_lookupDefaultCOPeriod());
+        $form->addItem($per_sel);
+
         // Allow user to choose lower values
         $sp_prop = new ilCheckboxInputGUI(
             $lng->txt("news_allow_shorter_periods"),
@@ -291,6 +297,7 @@ public function saveSettings(): void
             $news_set->set("max_items", $form->getInput("news_max_items"));
             $news_set->set("acc_cache_mins", $form->getInput("news_acc_cache_mins"));
             $news_set->set("pd_period", $form->getInput("news_pd_period"));
+            $news_set->set("co_period", $form->getInput("news_co_period"));
             $news_set->set("default_visibility", $form->getInput("news_default_visibility"));
             $news_set->set("allow_shorter_periods", $form->getInput("allow_shorter_periods"));
             $news_set->set("allow_longer_periods", $form->getInput("allow_longer_periods"));
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/News/src/Domain/NewsCollectionService.php b/components/ILIAS/News/src/Domain/NewsCollectionService.php
index 5d2bb7040d6f..cf4bba18de2c 100644
--- a/components/ILIAS/News/src/Domain/NewsCollectionService.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/News/src/Domain/NewsCollectionService.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 use ILIAS\News\Data\NewsCollection;
 use ILIAS\News\Data\NewsContext;
 use ILIAS\News\Data\NewsCriteria;
+use ILIAS\News\Data\NewsItem;
 use ILIAS\News\Persistence\NewsCache;
 use ILIAS\News\Persistence\NewsRepository;
 
@@ -216,22 +217,91 @@ private function appendStartDateFilter(array $contexts, NewsCriteria $criteria):
         $date_filter = [];
 
         foreach ($contexts as $context) {
-            if (
-                !in_array($context->getObjType(), ['grp', 'crs']) ||
-                !\ilBlockSetting::_lookup('news', 'hide_news_per_date', 0, $context->getObjId())
-            ) {
-                continue;
+            $start_date = $this->getContainerStartDateForContext(
+                $context->getObjId(),
+                $context->getObjType() ?? ''
+            );
+            if ($start_date instanceof \DateTimeImmutable) {
+                $date_filter[$context->getObjId()] = $start_date;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $criteria->withStartDates($date_filter);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the start date for container (crs/grp) news filtering, or null if no filter applies.
+     */
+    private function getContainerStartDateForContext(int $context_obj_id, string $context_type, bool $dashboard = false): ?\DateTimeImmutable
+    {
+        if (!in_array($context_type, ['grp', 'crs', 'cat'], true)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $hide_news_date_setting = \ilBlockSetting::_lookup('news', 'hide_news_date', 0, $context_obj_id);
+        $hide_news_mode = \ilBlockSetting::_lookup('news', 'hide_news_mode', 0, $context_obj_id)
+            ?? ($hide_news_date_setting != "" ? "per_date" : "global");
+
+        if ($dashboard) {
+            $pd_period = \ilNewsItem::_lookupDefaultPDPeriod();
+
+            switch ($hide_news_mode) {
+                case 'none':
+                case 'global':
+                    return new \DateTimeImmutable("-{$pd_period} days");
+                case 'per_date':
+                    $hide_date = new \DateTimeImmutable(\ilBlockSetting::_lookup('news', 'hide_news_date', 0, $context_obj_id));
+                    $pd_period_datetime = new \DateTimeImmutable("-{$pd_period} days");
+                    return $pd_period_datetime > $hide_date ? $pd_period_datetime : $hide_date;
+                case 'by_period':
+                    $hide_period = \ilBlockSetting::_lookup('news', 'news_co_period', 0, $context_obj_id);
+                    $hide_period = $hide_period <= 0 ? $pd_period : $hide_period;
+                    $hide_period = min($hide_period, $pd_period);
+                    return new \DateTimeImmutable("-{$hide_period} days");
+                default:
+                    return null;
             }
+        }
+
+        switch ($hide_news_mode) {
+            case 'global':
+                $co_period = \ilNewsItem::_lookupDefaultCOPeriod();
+                return $co_period > 0 ? new \DateTimeImmutable("-{$co_period} days") : null;
+            case 'per_date':
+                $hide_date = \ilBlockSetting::_lookup('news', 'hide_news_date', 0, $context_obj_id);
+                return !empty($hide_date) ? new \DateTimeImmutable($hide_date) : null;
+            case 'by_period':
+                $hide_period = \ilBlockSetting::_lookup('news', 'news_co_period', 0, $context_obj_id);
+                return !empty($hide_period) ? new \DateTimeImmutable("-{$hide_period} days") : null;
+            case 'none':
+            default:
+                return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Filter collection by container (crs/grp) hide_news_mode settings: exclude items
+     * whose context has a start date and the item's creation date is before it.
+     */
+    private function filterByContainerDateSettings(NewsCollection $collection, bool $dashboard = false): NewsCollection
+    {
+        if ($collection instanceof \ILIAS\News\Data\LazyNewsCollection) {
+            $collection->load();
+        }
 
-            $hide_date = \ilBlockSetting::_lookup('news', 'hide_news_date', 0, $context->getObjId());
-            if (empty($hide_date)) {
+        $exclude_ids = [];
+        foreach ($collection->getNewsItems() as $item) {
+            if (!$item instanceof NewsItem) {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            $date_filter[$context->getObjId()] = new \DateTimeImmutable($hide_date);
+            $start_date = $this->getContainerStartDateForContext($item->getContextObjId(), $item->getContextObjType(), $dashboard);
+            if ($start_date instanceof \DateTimeImmutable && $item->getCreationDate() < $start_date) {
+                $exclude_ids[] = $item->getId();
+            }
         }
 
-        return $criteria->withStartDates($date_filter);
+        return $collection->exclude($exclude_ids);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/lang/ilias_de.lang b/lang/ilias_de.lang
index 476a103a5fe0..5a2e2835e3e7 100644
--- a/lang/ilias_de.lang
+++ b/lang/ilias_de.lang
@@ -13063,6 +13063,8 @@ news#:#news_block_information#:#Der Block "Neuigkeiten" zeigt chronologisch alle
 news#:#news_block_news_for_context#:#Neuigkeiten
 news#:#news_cache#:#Neuigkeiten-Cache (Minuten)
 news#:#news_cache_info#:#Aktualisierung des Blocks "Neuigkeiten" alle x-Minuten. '0' bedeutet jederzeit. Werte größer Null erhöhen die Performanz entsprechend. Allerdings können Links in Einzelfällen auf nicht mehr zugängliche Objekte verweisen.
+news#:#news_co_period#:#Zeitraum für Neuigkeitenanzeige in Container-Objekten
+news#:#news_co_period_info#:#Zeitraum, der für Neuigkeiten in Container-Objekten berücksichtigt wird. Bei Performanzproblemen sollten niedrigere Werte gewählt werden.
 news#:#news_default_visibility#:#Voreinstellung Zugriff
 news#:#news_edit_news_settings#:#Einstellungen
 news#:#news_enable_internal_news#:#Interne Neuigkeiten aktivieren
@@ -13081,7 +13083,12 @@ news#:#news_get_priv_feed_info#:#Sie haben ein Passwort für Ihren privaten News
 news#:#news_get_priv_feed_title#:#URL Ihres privaten Newsfeeds
 news#:#news_hide_news_block#:#Block "Neuigkeiten" verbergen
 news#:#news_hide_news_block_info#:#Verberge Block in der Lerneransicht. Der Block "Neuigkeiten" wird nur für Benutzer mit Schreibberechtigung sichtbar sein.
+news#:#news_hide_news_by_period#:#Zeitraum für Neuigkeiten
+news#:#news_hide_news_by_period_info#:#Es werden nur Neuigkeiten in einem bestimmten Zeitraum angezeigt.
 news#:#news_hide_news_date#:#Startdatum
+news#:#news_hide_news_global#:#Benutze globale Einstellung
+news#:#news_hide_news_mode#:#Anzeige von Neuigkeiten einschränken
+news#:#news_hide_news_none#:#Neuigkeiten nicht einschränken
 news#:#news_hide_news_per_date#:#Neuigkeiten ab Datum anzeigen
 news#:#news_hide_news_per_date_info#:#Es werden nur Neuigkeiten ab einem bestimmten Datum angezeigt.
 news#:#news_inactive_private_feed_info#:#Ihr privater Newsfeed ist deaktiviert. Vergeben Sie ein Passwort in den Einstellungen.
diff --git a/lang/ilias_en.lang b/lang/ilias_en.lang
index 512dd28c41af..930f45910c22 100644
--- a/lang/ilias_en.lang
+++ b/lang/ilias_en.lang
@@ -13035,6 +13035,8 @@ news#:#news_block_information#:#The <b>News</b> block lists all news that are re
 news#:#news_block_news_for_context#:#News
 news#:#news_cache#:#News Cache (Minutes)
 news#:#news_cache_info#:#Update news blocks all x minutes. ‘0’ means every time. Higher values improve performance, but news may link to non-accessible items.
+news#:#news_co_period#:#Container-Objects News Period
+news#:#news_co_period_info#:#Defines the time period used for news in Container-Objects. Select lower values, if you experience any performance problems.
 news#:#news_default_visibility#:#Default Access
 news#:#news_edit_news_settings#:#Edit Settings
 news#:#news_enable_internal_news#:#Enable Internal News
@@ -13053,7 +13055,12 @@ news#:#news_get_priv_feed_info#:#This is a personal private news feed URL. The f
 news#:#news_get_priv_feed_title#:#Personal private Feed-URL
 news#:#news_hide_news_block#:#Hide News Block
 news#:#news_hide_news_block_info#:#Hide block in learner's view. The news block will only be visible for users with write permission.
+news#:#news_hide_news_by_period#:#Show News by Period
+news#:#news_hide_news_by_period_info#:#Only news that are in the given period will be displayed.
 news#:#news_hide_news_date#:#Starting Date
+news#:#news_hide_news_global#:#Use global setting
+news#:#news_hide_news_mode#:#Limit news display
+news#:#news_hide_news_none#:#Do not limit news
 news#:#news_hide_news_per_date#:#Show News After
 news#:#news_hide_news_per_date_info#:#Only news that are newer than a certain date will be displayed.
 news#:#news_inactive_private_feed_info#:#Your private news feed is deactivated. Please set a password in the settings.