page_title: List of the oldest newspapers
section_title: Europe
hierarchical_section_title: List of the oldest newspapers / By region / Europe
context_page_description: This list of the oldest newspapers sorts the newspapers of the world by the date of their first publication. The earliest newspapers date to 17th century Europe when printed periodicals began rapidly to replace the practice of hand-writing newssheets. The emergence of the new media branch has to be seen in close connection with the simultaneous spread of the printing press from which the publishing press derives its name.
caption: Ordinari Post Tijdender, the world's oldest newspaper still published (since 1645)
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