Legalitatea was a weekly newspaper published in Bârlad

Bârlad

Bârlad is a city in Vaslui County, Romania. It lies on the banks of the Bârlad River, which waters the high plains of eastern Moldavia....

, Romania

Romania

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. The newspaper, covering political, economic and literary topics, was first printed on December 16, 1882, at the G.V. Munteanu printing shop. The last number of the newspaper was printed on January 1, 1884.

The newspaper was published again on December 24, 1894 as a newspaper of the Conservative Party, the political director being Ion Vârgolici being the political director and Theodor Riga the editor in chief

Editor in chief

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. An important contributor of the newspaper was conservator politician

Politician

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 and diplomat

Diplomat

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 Theodor Emandi

Theodor Emandi

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. The newspaper appeared until November 22, 1895.