diff --git a/app/model/category.go b/app/model/category.go
index 50e6ce9..8ba7ee1 100644
--- a/app/model/category.go
+++ b/app/model/category.go
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ type ScannedCategory struct {
 	LinkRewrite string `gorm:"column:link_rewrite"`
 	IsoCode     string `gorm:"column:iso_code"`
 
-	Visited bool //this is for internal backend use only
+	Visited bool   // this is for internal backend use only
+	Filter  string // filter applicable to this category
 }
 
 type Category struct {
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ type CategoryParams struct {
 	CategoryID  uint   `json:"category_id" form:"category_id"`
 	LinkRewrite string `json:"link_rewrite" form:"link_rewrite"`
 	Locale      string `json:"locale" form:"locale"`
+	Filter      string `json:"filter" form:"filter"`
 }
 
 type CategoryInBreadcrumb struct {
diff --git a/app/repos/categoriesRepo/categoriesRepo.go b/app/repos/categoriesRepo/categoriesRepo.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 955292a..0000000
--- a/app/repos/categoriesRepo/categoriesRepo.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-package categoriesRepo
-
-import (
-	"git.ma-al.com/goc_daniel/b2b/app/db"
-	"git.ma-al.com/goc_daniel/b2b/app/model"
-	"git.ma-al.com/goc_daniel/b2b/app/model/dbmodel"
-	constdata "git.ma-al.com/goc_daniel/b2b/app/utils/const_data"
-)
-
-type UICategoriesRepo interface {
-	GetAllCategories(idLang uint) ([]model.ScannedCategory, error)
-}
-
-type CategoriesRepo struct{}
-
-func New() UICategoriesRepo {
-	return &CategoriesRepo{}
-}
-
-func (r *CategoriesRepo) GetAllCategories(idLang uint) ([]model.ScannedCategory, error) {
-	var allCategories []model.ScannedCategory
-
-	categoryTbl := (&dbmodel.PsCategory{}).TableName()
-	categoryLangTbl := (&dbmodel.PsCategoryLang{}).TableName()
-	categoryShopTbl := (&dbmodel.PsCategoryShop{}).TableName()
-	langTbl := (&dbmodel.PsLang{}).TableName()
-
-	err := db.Get().
-		Model(dbmodel.PsCategory{}).
-		Select(`
-			ps_category.id_category AS category_id,
-			ps_category_lang.name AS name,
-			ps_category.active AS active,
-			ps_category_shop.position AS position,
-			ps_category.id_parent AS id_parent,
-			ps_category.is_root_category AS is_root_category,
-			ps_category_lang.link_rewrite AS link_rewrite,
-			ps_lang.iso_code AS iso_code
-		`).
-		Joins(`LEFT JOIN `+categoryLangTbl+` ON `+categoryLangTbl+`.id_category = `+categoryTbl+`.id_category AND `+categoryLangTbl+`.id_shop = ? AND `+categoryLangTbl+`.id_lang = ?`,
-			constdata.SHOP_ID, idLang).
-		Joins(`LEFT JOIN `+categoryShopTbl+` ON `+categoryShopTbl+`.id_category = `+categoryTbl+`.id_category AND `+categoryShopTbl+`.id_shop = ?`,
-			constdata.SHOP_ID).
-		Joins(`JOIN ` + langTbl + ` ON ` + langTbl + `.id_lang = ` + categoryLangTbl + `.id_lang`).
-		Scan(&allCategories).Error
-
-	return allCategories, err
-}
diff --git a/app/repos/categoryRepo/categoryRepo.go b/app/repos/categoryRepo/categoryRepo.go
index dd31f39..086cfcf 100644
--- a/app/repos/categoryRepo/categoryRepo.go
+++ b/app/repos/categoryRepo/categoryRepo.go
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ package categoryrepo
 
 import (
 	"git.ma-al.com/goc_daniel/b2b/app/db"
+	"git.ma-al.com/goc_daniel/b2b/app/model"
 	"git.ma-al.com/goc_daniel/b2b/app/model/dbmodel"
+	constdata "git.ma-al.com/goc_daniel/b2b/app/utils/const_data"
 )
 
 type UICategoryRepo interface {
 	GetCategoryTranslations(ids []uint, idLang uint) (map[uint]string, error)
+	RetrieveMenuCategories(idLang uint) ([]model.ScannedCategory, error)
 }
 
 type CategoryRepo struct{}
@@ -42,3 +45,33 @@ func (r *CategoryRepo) GetCategoryTranslations(ids []uint, idLang uint) (map[uin
 
 	return translations, nil
 }
+
+func (r *CategoryRepo) RetrieveMenuCategories(idLang uint) ([]model.ScannedCategory, error) {
+	var allCategories []model.ScannedCategory
+
+	categoryTbl := (&dbmodel.PsCategory{}).TableName()
+	categoryLangTbl := (&dbmodel.PsCategoryLang{}).TableName()
+	categoryShopTbl := (&dbmodel.PsCategoryShop{}).TableName()
+	langTbl := (&dbmodel.PsLang{}).TableName()
+
+	err := db.Get().
+		Model(dbmodel.PsCategory{}).
+		Select(`
+			ps_category.id_category AS category_id,
+			ps_category_lang.name AS name,
+			ps_category.active AS active,
+			ps_category_shop.position AS position,
+			ps_category.id_parent AS id_parent,
+			ps_category.is_root_category AS is_root_category,
+			ps_category_lang.link_rewrite AS link_rewrite,
+			ps_lang.iso_code AS iso_code
+		`).
+		Joins(`LEFT JOIN `+categoryLangTbl+` ON `+categoryLangTbl+`.id_category = `+categoryTbl+`.id_category AND `+categoryLangTbl+`.id_shop = ? AND `+categoryLangTbl+`.id_lang = ?`,
+			constdata.SHOP_ID, idLang).
+		Joins(`LEFT JOIN `+categoryShopTbl+` ON `+categoryShopTbl+`.id_category = `+categoryTbl+`.id_category AND `+categoryShopTbl+`.id_shop = ?`,
+			constdata.SHOP_ID).
+		Joins(`JOIN ` + langTbl + ` ON ` + langTbl + `.id_lang = ` + categoryLangTbl + `.id_lang`).
+		Scan(&allCategories).Error
+
+	return allCategories, err
+}
diff --git a/app/service/menuService/menuService.go b/app/service/menuService/menuService.go
index de2498d..e63b6b5 100644
--- a/app/service/menuService/menuService.go
+++ b/app/service/menuService/menuService.go
@@ -3,31 +3,45 @@ package menuService
 import (
 	"slices"
 	"sort"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"git.ma-al.com/goc_daniel/b2b/app/model"
-	"git.ma-al.com/goc_daniel/b2b/app/repos/categoriesRepo"
+	categoryrepo "git.ma-al.com/goc_daniel/b2b/app/repos/categoryRepo"
 	routesRepo "git.ma-al.com/goc_daniel/b2b/app/repos/routesRepo"
+	constdata "git.ma-al.com/goc_daniel/b2b/app/utils/const_data"
+	"git.ma-al.com/goc_daniel/b2b/app/utils/i18n"
 	"git.ma-al.com/goc_daniel/b2b/app/utils/responseErrors"
 )
 
 type MenuService struct {
-	categoriesRepo categoriesRepo.UICategoriesRepo
-	routesRepo     routesRepo.UIRoutesRepo
+	categoryRepo categoryrepo.UICategoryRepo
+	routesRepo   routesRepo.UIRoutesRepo
 }
 
 func New() *MenuService {
 	return &MenuService{
-		categoriesRepo: categoriesRepo.New(),
-		routesRepo:     routesRepo.New(),
+		categoryRepo: categoryrepo.New(),
+		routesRepo:   routesRepo.New(),
 	}
 }
 
 func (s *MenuService) GetCategoryTree(root_category_id uint, id_lang uint) (*model.Category, error) {
-	all_categories, err := s.categoriesRepo.GetAllCategories(id_lang)
+	all_categories, err := s.categoryRepo.RetrieveMenuCategories(id_lang)
 	if err != nil {
 		return &model.Category{}, err
 	}
 
+	// remove blacklisted categories
+	// to do so, we detach them from the main tree
+	for i := 0; i < len(all_categories); i++ {
+		if slices.Contains(constdata.CATEGORY_BLACKLIST, all_categories[i].CategoryID) {
+			all_categories[i].ParentID = all_categories[i].CategoryID
+		}
+	}
+
+	iso_code := all_categories[0].IsoCode
+	s.appendAdditional(&all_categories, id_lang, iso_code)
+
 	// find the root
 	root_index := 0
 	root_found := false
@@ -98,7 +112,7 @@ func (s *MenuService) scannedToNormalCategory(scanned model.ScannedCategory) mod
 	normal.CategoryID = scanned.CategoryID
 	normal.Label = scanned.Name
 	// normal.Active = scanned.Active == 1
-	normal.Params = model.CategoryParams{CategoryID: normal.CategoryID, LinkRewrite: scanned.LinkRewrite, Locale: scanned.IsoCode}
+	normal.Params = model.CategoryParams{CategoryID: normal.CategoryID, LinkRewrite: scanned.LinkRewrite, Locale: scanned.IsoCode, Filter: scanned.Filter}
 	normal.Children = []model.Category{}
 	return normal
 }
@@ -114,11 +128,14 @@ func (a ByPosition) Swap(i, j int)      { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] }
 func (a ByPosition) Less(i, j int) bool { return a[i].Position < a[j].Position }
 
 func (s *MenuService) GetBreadcrumb(root_category_id uint, start_category_id uint, id_lang uint) ([]model.CategoryInBreadcrumb, error) {
-	all_categories, err := s.categoriesRepo.GetAllCategories(id_lang)
+	all_categories, err := s.categoryRepo.RetrieveMenuCategories(id_lang)
 	if err != nil {
 		return []model.CategoryInBreadcrumb{}, err
 	}
 
+	iso_code := all_categories[0].IsoCode
+	s.appendAdditional(&all_categories, id_lang, iso_code)
+
 	breadcrumb := []model.CategoryInBreadcrumb{}
 
 	start_index := 0
@@ -211,3 +228,24 @@ func (s *MenuService) GetTopMenu(languageId uint, roleId uint) ([]*model.B2BTopM
 
 	return roots, nil
 }
+
+func (s *MenuService) appendAdditional(all_categories *[]model.ScannedCategory, id_lang uint, iso_code string) {
+	for i := 0; i < len(*all_categories); i++ {
+		(*all_categories)[i].Filter = "category_id_in=" + strconv.Itoa(int((*all_categories)[i].CategoryID))
+	}
+
+	var additional model.ScannedCategory
+	additional.CategoryID = 10001
+	additional.Name = "New Products"
+	additional.Active = 1
+	additional.Position = 10
+	additional.ParentID = 2
+	additional.IsRoot = 0
+	additional.LinkRewrite = i18n.T___(id_lang, "category.new_products")
+	additional.IsoCode = iso_code
+
+	additional.Visited = false
+	additional.Filter = "is_new_in=true"
+
+	*all_categories = append(*all_categories, additional)
+}
diff --git a/app/service/productTranslationService/sanitizeURLSlug.go b/app/service/productTranslationService/sanitizeURLSlug.go
index ea69d7c..2d0ddbf 100644
--- a/app/service/productTranslationService/sanitizeURLSlug.go
+++ b/app/service/productTranslationService/sanitizeURLSlug.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"unicode"
 
+	"git.ma-al.com/goc_daniel/b2b/app/db"
 	constdata "git.ma-al.com/goc_daniel/b2b/app/utils/const_data"
 	"github.com/dlclark/regexp2"
 	"golang.org/x/text/runes"
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ func SanitizeSlug(s string) string {
 	s = strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(s))
 
 	// First apply explicit transliteration for language-specific letters.
-	s = transliterateWithTable(s)
+	s = transliterateSlug(s)
 
 	// Then normalize and strip any remaining combining marks.
 	s = removeDiacritics(s)
@@ -40,19 +41,17 @@ func SanitizeSlug(s string) string {
 	return s
 }
 
-func transliterateWithTable(s string) string {
-	var b strings.Builder
-	b.Grow(len(s))
+func transliterateSlug(s string) string {
+	var cleared string
 
-	for _, r := range s {
-		if repl, ok := constdata.TRANSLITERATION_TABLE[r]; ok {
-			b.WriteString(repl)
-		} else {
-			b.WriteRune(r)
-		}
+	err := db.DB.Raw("SELECT slugify_eu(?)", s).Scan(&cleared).Error
+	if err != nil {
+		// log error
+		_ = err
+		return s
 	}
 
-	return b.String()
+	return cleared
 }
 
 func removeDiacritics(s string) string {
diff --git a/app/utils/const_data/consts.go b/app/utils/const_data/consts.go
index aa62f27..2d760bc 100644
--- a/app/utils/const_data/consts.go
+++ b/app/utils/const_data/consts.go
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ const ADMIN_NOTIFICATION_LANGUAGE = 2
 // CATEGORY_TREE_ROOT_ID corresponds to id_category in ps_category which has is_root_category=1
 const CATEGORY_TREE_ROOT_ID = 2
 
+// since arrays can not be const
+var CATEGORY_BLACKLIST = []uint{250}
+
 const MAX_AMOUNT_OF_CARTS_PER_USER = 10
 const DEFAULT_NEW_CART_NAME = "new cart"
 
@@ -25,23 +28,3 @@ const WEBDAV_TRIMMED_ROOT = "localhost:3000/api/v1/webdav/storage"
 const NON_ALNUM_REGEX = `[^a-z0-9]+`
 const MULTI_DASH_REGEX = `-+`
 const SLUG_REGEX = `^[a-z0-9]+(?:-[a-z0-9]+)*$`
-
-// Currently supports only German+Polish specific cases
-var TRANSLITERATION_TABLE = map[rune]string{
-	// German
-	'ä': "ae",
-	'ö': "oe",
-	'ü': "ue",
-	'ß': "ss",
-
-	// Polish
-	'ą': "a",
-	'ć': "c",
-	'ę': "e",
-	'ł': "l",
-	'ń': "n",
-	'ó': "o",
-	'ś': "s",
-	'ż': "z",
-	'ź': "z",
-}
diff --git a/bruno/b2b_daniel/menu/get-breadcrumb.yml b/bruno/b2b_daniel/menu/get-breadcrumb.yml
index a805790..5870773 100644
--- a/bruno/b2b_daniel/menu/get-breadcrumb.yml
+++ b/bruno/b2b_daniel/menu/get-breadcrumb.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ info:
 
 http:
   method: GET
-  url: http://localhost:3000/api/v1/restricted/menu/get-breadcrumb?root_category_id=10&category_id=13
+  url: http://localhost:3000/api/v1/restricted/menu/get-breadcrumb?root_category_id=2&category_id=13
   params:
     - name: root_category_id
-      value: "10"
+      value: "2"
       type: query
     - name: category_id
       value: "13"
diff --git a/bruno/b2b_daniel/menu/get-category-tree.yml b/bruno/b2b_daniel/menu/get-category-tree.yml
index 6e9d875..a1b6714 100644
--- a/bruno/b2b_daniel/menu/get-category-tree.yml
+++ b/bruno/b2b_daniel/menu/get-category-tree.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ info:
 
 http:
   method: GET
-  url: http://localhost:3000/api/v1/restricted/menu/get-category-tree?root_category_id=10
+  url: http://localhost:3000/api/v1/restricted/menu/get-category-tree?root_category_id=2
   params:
     - name: root_category_id
-      value: "10"
+      value: "2"
       type: query
   auth: inherit
 
diff --git a/i18n/migrations/20260302163122_create_tables.sql b/i18n/migrations/20260302163122_create_tables.sql
index ba4469a..0ec6408 100644
--- a/i18n/migrations/20260302163122_create_tables.sql
+++ b/i18n/migrations/20260302163122_create_tables.sql
@@ -405,16 +405,26 @@ DELIMITER ;
 
 -- +goose Down
 
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_countries;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_language;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_components;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_scopes;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_translations;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_customers;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_refresh_tokens;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_currencies;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_currency_rates;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_specific_price;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_specific_price_product;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_specific_price_category;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_addresses;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_top_menu_roles;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_favorites;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_carts_products;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_customer_carts;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_specific_price_country;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_specific_price_customer;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_specific_price_product_attribute;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_specific_price_category;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_specific_price_product;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_specific_price;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_role_permissions;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_permissions;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_roles;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_countries;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_currency_rates;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_currencies;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_refresh_tokens;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_customers;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_translations;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_scopes;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_components;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS b2b_language;