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Mihail Kogălniceanu Mihail Kogălniceanu (; also known as Mihail Cogâlniceanu, Michel de Kogalnitchan; September 6, 1817 – July 1, 1891) was a Romanian liberal statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist; he became Prime Minister of Romania on October 11, 1863, ...

. Editors like Vasile-Urechea Avexandrescu, Vasile Mălinescu, Iancu M. Codrescu and collaborators like

Vasile Alecsandri Vasile Alecsandri (; 21 July 182122 August 1890) was a Romanian patriot, poet, dramatist, politician and diplomat. He was one of the key figures during the 1848 revolutions in Moldavia and Wallachia. He fought for the unification of the Romani ...

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Alecu Donici Alecu (or Alexandru) Donici (; January 19, 1806 – January 21, 1865) was a Moldavian, later Romanian poet and translator. Biography He was the first of four children of Dimitrie Donici and wife Ileana Lambrino. He studied at the Saint Peters ...

Grigore Alexandrescu Grigore Alexandrescu (; 22 February 1810, Târgovişte – 25 November 1885 in Bucharest) was a nineteenth-century Romanian poet and translator noted for his fables with political undertones. He founded a periodical, ''Albina Româneascǎ'' ...

Alecu Russo Alecu Russo (March 17, 1819 near Chișinău – February 5, 1859 in Iași), was a Moldavian Romanian writer, literary critic and publicist. Russo is credited with having discovered one of the most elaborate forms of the Romanian national folk ...

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wrote articles for the newspaper. It was closed in September 1856 because of the suspension of the press laws. It was for the first time censored in May because of a religious article.Predescu, p.805 Kogălniceanu encouraged

Nicolae Ionescu Nicolae Ionescu (1820 in Bradu, Neamț County – January 24, 1905 in Bradu) was a Romanian politician, jurist and publicist, brother of the agronomist Ion Ionescu de la Brad. He was leader of the Free and Independent Faction, serving severa ...

to issue the magazine ''L'Étoile de Danube'' in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, as a French-language version of ''Steaua Dunării'' which was published between December 1856 and May 1858 and would also serve to popularize ''Partida Naţionalăs views.Iorga, ''La guerre de Crimée...'' It reappeared in November 1858 and closed again in November 1860. On January 2, 1859, it merged with

Zimbrul și Vulturul ''Zimbrul şi Vulturul'' (''"The Wisent and the Eagle"'') was a 19th-century Romanian newspaper, published in the city of Iași (Iassy), capital of the Principality of Moldavia, and having readership in other parts of what was to become the King ...

and was renamed ''Steoa Dunărei. Zimbrulu şi Vulturulu''.

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Bibliography

* Academia Republicii Socialiste Române, ''Dicţionar Enciclopedic Român'', volumul IV, 1966 * Predescu, Lucian, ''Enciclopedia României''. Cugetarea, Editura Saeculum, București, 1999 * Răduică, Georgeta, ''Dicţionarul presei româneşti (1731–1918)'', Editura Ştiinţifică, București, Political magazines published in Romania Magazines established in 1855 Magazines disestablished in 1859 Mass media in Iași 1855 establishments in Europe 1855 establishments in the Ottoman Empire 19th-century establishments in Moldavia Defunct magazines published in Romania {{Romania-newspaper-stub