Progresul 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

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

. The newspaper was first printed on November 9, 1883, at the G.V. Munteanu printing shop. Though claiming to support the Liberal Party, the newspaper published mostly cultural articles, contributed by the professors of the Gheorghe Roşca Codreanu High School

Gheorghe Rosca Codreanu High School

The Gheorghe Roşca Codreanu National College is a high school in the city of Bârlad, Romania.The school was established by Gheorghe Roşca Codreanu as a gymnasium in 1858, being upgraded to a complete high school in 1864. It is the fourth high school established in Romania, after ones in Bucharest,...

. The newspaper also supported the Nathalie Drouhet Girls' Boarding School of Bârlad. The last number of the newspaper was printed on January 1, 1884.