Steaua Dunării (''Danube's Star'') was a political newspaper and a unionist mouthpiece founded in October 1855 by

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

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

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, Costache Negruzzi, Alecu Donici,

Grigore Alexandrescu Grigore Alexandrescu (; 22 February 1810, Târgoviște – 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 Românească'' ...

, Alecu Russo, Dimitrie Bolintineanu, C.A. Rosetti, Gheorghe Sion 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 se ...

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

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

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* 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