Type Semimonthly Editor Nugzar Salakaia Political alignment Independent | Founder(s) Nugzar Salakaia Founded 1995 | |
Language Abkhaz, Mingrelian, Russian | ||
Gal (Abkhaz: Гал, Mingrelian: გალ, Russian: Гал) is a trilingual semimonthly newspaper published in Gali District, Abkhazia. It is the only (partially) 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.
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