Gal (newspaper)


Gal is a trilingual semimonthly newspaper published in Gali District, Abkhazia. It is the only Mingrelian-language newspaper in the world. It was founded in 1995 by Nugzar Salakaia, who is still the editor. Gal has a circulation of 1000.
Between 1995 and 1998, the building that housed the newspaper's office and printing press was blown up six times by Georgian paramilitary forces.