diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.netatmo/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/netatmo/internal/welcome/NAWelcomeHomeHandler.java b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.netatmo/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/netatmo/internal/welcome/NAWelcomeHomeHandler.java
index 67dabbd2807e4..19b4ba0b81557 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.netatmo/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/netatmo/internal/welcome/NAWelcomeHomeHandler.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.netatmo/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/netatmo/internal/welcome/NAWelcomeHomeHandler.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public NAWelcomeHomeHandler(Thing thing, final TimeZoneProvider timeZoneProvider
                 });
 
                 Optional<NAWelcomeEvent> previousLastEvent = lastEvent;
-                lastEvent = result.getEvents().stream().min(Comparator.comparingInt(NAWelcomeEvent::getTime));
+                lastEvent = result.getEvents().stream().max(Comparator.comparingInt(NAWelcomeEvent::getTime));
                 isNewLastEvent = previousLastEvent.isPresent() && !previousLastEvent.equals(lastEvent);
             }
         }
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.netatmo/src/test/java/org/openhab/binding/netatmo/internal/welcome/NAWelcomeHomeHandlerTest.java b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.netatmo/src/test/java/org/openhab/binding/netatmo/internal/welcome/NAWelcomeHomeHandlerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e71fcaac44a1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.netatmo/src/test/java/org/openhab/binding/netatmo/internal/welcome/NAWelcomeHomeHandlerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2020 Contributors to the openHAB project
+ *
+ * See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
+ * information.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ */
+package org.openhab.binding.netatmo.internal.welcome;
+
+import io.swagger.client.model.NAWelcomeEvent;
+import io.swagger.client.model.NAWelcomeHome;
+import io.swagger.client.model.NAWelcomeHomeData;
+import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.i18n.TimeZoneProvider;
+import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.library.types.StringType;
+import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing.Thing;
+import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing.ThingTypeUID;
+import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing.internal.ThingImpl;
+import org.eclipse.smarthome.core.types.UnDefType;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.openhab.binding.netatmo.internal.NetatmoBindingConstants;
+import org.openhab.binding.netatmo.internal.handler.NetatmoBridgeHandler;
+import org.openhab.binding.netatmo.internal.webhook.NAWebhookCameraEvent;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+
+/**
+ * @author Sven Strohschein
+ */
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
+public class NAWelcomeHomeHandlerTest {
+
+    private static final String DUMMY_HOME_ID = "1";
+
+    @Mock
+    private TimeZoneProvider timeZoneProviderMock;
+    private Thing welcomeHomeThing;
+    private NAWelcomeHomeHandler handler;
+    @Mock
+    private NetatmoBridgeHandler bridgeHandlerMock;
+
+    @Before
+    public void before() {
+        welcomeHomeThing = new ThingImpl(new ThingTypeUID("netatmo", "NAWelcomeHome"), "1");
+        handler = new NAWelcomeHomeHandler(welcomeHomeThing, timeZoneProviderMock) {
+            @Override
+            protected NetatmoBridgeHandler getBridgeHandler() {
+                return bridgeHandlerMock;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            protected String getId() {
+                return DUMMY_HOME_ID;
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUpdateReadings_with_Events() {
+        NAWelcomeEvent event_1 = new NAWelcomeEvent();
+        event_1.setType(NAWebhookCameraEvent.EventTypeEnum.PERSON.toString());
+        event_1.setTime(1592661881);
+
+        NAWelcomeEvent event_2 = new NAWelcomeEvent();
+        event_2.setType(NAWebhookCameraEvent.EventTypeEnum.MOVEMENT.toString());
+        event_2.setTime(1592661882);
+
+        NAWelcomeHome home = new NAWelcomeHome();
+        home.setId(DUMMY_HOME_ID);
+        home.setEvents(Arrays.asList(event_1, event_2));
+
+        NAWelcomeHomeData homeData = new NAWelcomeHomeData();
+        homeData.setHomes(Collections.singletonList(home));
+
+        when(bridgeHandlerMock.getWelcomeDataBody(DUMMY_HOME_ID)).thenReturn(homeData);
+
+        handler.updateReadings();
+
+        //the second (last) event is expected
+        assertEquals(new StringType("movement"), handler.getNAThingProperty(NetatmoBindingConstants.CHANNEL_WELCOME_EVENT_TYPE));
+
+        home.setEvents(Arrays.asList(event_2, event_1));
+        //the second (last) event is still expected (independent from the order of these are added)
+        assertEquals(new StringType("movement"), handler.getNAThingProperty(NetatmoBindingConstants.CHANNEL_WELCOME_EVENT_TYPE));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUpdateReadings_with_1_Event() {
+        NAWelcomeEvent event = new NAWelcomeEvent();
+        event.setType(NAWebhookCameraEvent.EventTypeEnum.PERSON.toString());
+
+        NAWelcomeHome home = new NAWelcomeHome();
+        home.setId(DUMMY_HOME_ID);
+        home.setEvents(Collections.singletonList(event));
+
+        NAWelcomeHomeData homeData = new NAWelcomeHomeData();
+        homeData.setHomes(Collections.singletonList(home));
+
+        when(bridgeHandlerMock.getWelcomeDataBody(DUMMY_HOME_ID)).thenReturn(homeData);
+
+        handler.updateReadings();
+
+        assertEquals(new StringType("person"), handler.getNAThingProperty(NetatmoBindingConstants.CHANNEL_WELCOME_EVENT_TYPE));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUpdateReadings_no_Events() {
+        NAWelcomeHome home = new NAWelcomeHome();
+        home.setId(DUMMY_HOME_ID);
+
+        NAWelcomeHomeData homeData = new NAWelcomeHomeData();
+        homeData.setHomes(Collections.singletonList(home));
+
+        when(bridgeHandlerMock.getWelcomeDataBody(DUMMY_HOME_ID)).thenReturn(homeData);
+
+        handler.updateReadings();
+
+        assertEquals(UnDefType.UNDEF, handler.getNAThingProperty(NetatmoBindingConstants.CHANNEL_WELCOME_EVENT_TYPE));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUpdateReadings_empty_HomeData() {
+        when(bridgeHandlerMock.getWelcomeDataBody(any())).thenReturn(new NAWelcomeHomeData());
+
+        handler.updateReadings();
+
+        assertEquals(UnDefType.UNDEF, handler.getNAThingProperty(NetatmoBindingConstants.CHANNEL_WELCOME_EVENT_TYPE));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUpdateReadings_no_HomeData() {
+        handler.updateReadings();
+
+        assertEquals(UnDefType.UNDEF, handler.getNAThingProperty(NetatmoBindingConstants.CHANNEL_WELCOME_EVENT_TYPE));
+    }
+}