diff --git a/locales/de/LC_MESSAGES/loops.mo b/locales/de/LC_MESSAGES/loops.mo
index 0a244f1..e8b16d3 100644
Binary files a/locales/de/LC_MESSAGES/loops.mo and b/locales/de/LC_MESSAGES/loops.mo differ
diff --git a/locales/de/LC_MESSAGES/loops.po b/locales/de/LC_MESSAGES/loops.po
index afe516f..7d440da 100644
--- a/locales/de/LC_MESSAGES/loops.po
+++ b/locales/de/LC_MESSAGES/loops.po
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ msgstr ""
 
 "Project-Id-Version: 0.13.0\n"
 "POT-Creation-Date: 2007-05-22 12:00 CET\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2013-07-15 12:00 CET\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2015-10-30 12:00 CET\n"
 "Last-Translator: Helmut Merz <helmutm@cy55.de>\n"
 "Language-Team: loops developers <helmutm@cy55.de>\n"
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
@@ -483,6 +483,30 @@ msgstr "Lesezeichen für aktuelles Objekt hinzufügen"
 msgid "Remove from favorites"
 msgstr "Lesezeichen entfernen"
 
+msgid "Notifications"
+msgstr "Nachrichten"
+
+msgid "No new notifications"
+msgstr "Keine neuen Nachrichten"
+
+msgid "${numNews} new notification"
+msgstr "${numNews} neue Nachricht"
+
+msgid "${numNews} new notifications"
+msgstr "${numNews} neue Nachrichten"
+
+msgid "Show all notifications"
+msgstr "Alle Nachrichten anzeigen"
+
+msgid "Sender"
+msgstr "Absender"
+
+msgid "Object"
+msgstr "Objekt"
+
+msgid "Date/Time Read"
+msgstr "Gelesen"
+
 msgid "Personal Informations"
 msgstr "Persönliche Informationen"
 
diff --git a/organize/personal/browser/configurator.py b/organize/personal/browser/configurator.py
index 8ce2f9e..80f6089 100644
--- a/organize/personal/browser/configurator.py
+++ b/organize/personal/browser/configurator.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-#  Copyright (c) 2010 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
+#  Copyright (c) 2015 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
 #
 #  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 
 """
 A view configurator provides configuration data for a view controller.
-
-$Id$
 """
 
 from zope import component
@@ -30,6 +28,7 @@ from zope.traversing.browser.absoluteurl import absoluteURL
 
 from cybertools.browser.configurator import ViewConfigurator, MacroViewProperty
 from cybertools.meta.interfaces import IOptions
+from loops.browser.node import NodeView
 from loops.organize.party import getPersonForUser
 from loops.util import _
 
@@ -44,10 +43,11 @@ class PortletConfigurator(ViewConfigurator):
     def __init__(self, context, request):
         self.context = context
         self.request = request
+        self.view = NodeView(self.context, self.request)
 
     @property
     def viewProperties(self):
-        return self.favorites + self.filters
+        return self.favorites + self.filters + self.notifications
 
     @Lazy
     def records(self):
@@ -97,3 +97,25 @@ class PortletConfigurator(ViewConfigurator):
                     #url=absoluteURL(self.context, self.request) + '/@@filters.html',
         ))
         return [filters]
+
+    @property
+    def notifications(self):
+        if self.person is None:
+            return []
+        notif = self.view.globalOptions.organize.showNotifications
+        if not notif:
+            return []
+        if isinstance(notif, list):
+            notifPage = notif[0]
+        else:
+            notifPage = 'notifications'
+        portlet = MacroViewProperty(self.context, self.request)
+        portlet.setParams(dict(
+                    slot='portlet_left',
+                    identifier='loops.organize.notifications',
+                    title=_(u'Notifications'),
+                    subMacro=personal_macros.macros['notifications_portlet'],
+                    priority=10,
+                    url='%s/%s' % (self.view.menu.url, notifPage),
+        ))
+        return [portlet]
diff --git a/organize/personal/browser/configure.zcml b/organize/personal/browser/configure.zcml
index 5291df4..7eadee8 100644
--- a/organize/personal/browser/configure.zcml
+++ b/organize/personal/browser/configure.zcml
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
       class="loops.organize.personal.browser.notification.NotificationsListing"
       permission="zope.View" />
 
+  <browser:page
+      for="loops.interfaces.INode"
+      name="notifications_view"
+      class="loops.organize.personal.browser.notification.NotificationsView"
+      permission="zope.View" />
+
   <zope:adapter
       name="notification_read"
       for="loops.browser.node.NodeView
diff --git a/organize/personal/browser/notification.py b/organize/personal/browser/notification.py
index 075cf7b..19404c1 100644
--- a/organize/personal/browser/notification.py
+++ b/organize/personal/browser/notification.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from zope.cachedescriptors.property import Lazy
 from cybertools.browser.form import FormController
 from cybertools.util.date import formatTimeStamp, getTimeStamp
 from loops.browser.concept import ConceptView
+from loops.browser.node import NodeView
 from loops.common import adapted, baseObject
 from loops.organize.personal.notification import Notifications
 from loops.organize.party import getPersonForUser
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ class NotificationsListing(ConceptView):
     def notifications(self):
         return Notifications(self.person)
 
-    def getNotifications(self, unreadOnly):
+    def getNotifications(self, unreadOnly=True):
         tracks = self.notifications.listTracks(unreadOnly)
         return tracks
 
@@ -78,6 +79,11 @@ class NotificationsListing(ConceptView):
         return result
 
 
+class NotificationsView(NodeView, NotificationsListing):
+
+    pass
+
+
 class ReadNotification(FormController):
 
     def update(self):
diff --git a/organize/personal/browser/personal_macros.pt b/organize/personal/browser/personal_macros.pt
index 0a76c59..01cbb8a 100644
--- a/organize/personal/browser/personal_macros.pt
+++ b/organize/personal/browser/personal_macros.pt
@@ -47,6 +47,22 @@
 </metal:actions>
 
 
+<metal:actions define-macro="notifications_portlet"
+               tal:define="view nocall:context/@@notifications_view;
+                           numNews python:len(view.getNotifications())">
+  <div tal:condition="not:numNews"
+       i18n:translate="">No new notifications</div>
+  <div tal:condition="python:numNews == 1">
+    <a i18n:translate=""
+       tal:attributes="href macro/url">
+      <span i18n:name="numNews" tal:content="numNews" /> new notification</a></div>
+  <div tal:condition="python:numNews > 1">
+    <a i18n:translate=""
+       tal:attributes="href macro/url">
+      <span i18n:name="numNews" tal:content="numNews" /> new notifications</a></div>
+</metal:actions>
+
+
 <metal:block define-macro="notifications">
   <div tal:attributes="class string:content-$level;">
     <metal:title use-macro="item/concept_macros/concepttitle" />
@@ -65,7 +81,7 @@
           <th i18n:translate="">Sender</th>
           <th i18n:translate="">Object</th>
           <th i18n:translate="">Message</th>
-          <th i18n:translate="">Date/Time read</th>
+          <th i18n:translate="">Date/Time Read</th>
         </tr>
         <tr tal:repeat="notif item/getNotificationsFormatted">
           <td tal:content="notif/timeStamp" />