The Guardian Weekly is one of the world's oldest international newspapers, founded with the aim of advancing the cause of democracy in post-war Germany. Its first edition was printed a week after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, and included the following as a statement of mission: "We aim at presenting what is best and most interesting in the Guardian, what is most distinctive and independent of time, in a compact weekly form".

The Guardian Weekly offers a compact digest of four newspapers. It contains the best articles from the Guardian, as well as selected reports, features and book reviews from the Observer, the Washington Post and Le Monde, France's leading daily paper.

Once a month, the Guardian Weekly carries a Learning English supplement that offers news and classroom aids to teachers of English as Foreign Language, as well as a guide to the best listening on the BBC World Service. Additionally the fortnightly Outlook section focuses on international development issues and the vital part played by NGOs in the field.

The Guardian Weekly is printed in three centres - Britain, Australia and Canada - to ensure that copies reach readers as fast as possible. And for subscribers an email service is available which delivers its editorial content before the paper has even rolled off the presses.

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