''Gal'' ( ab, Гал, xmf, გალ, russian: Гал) is a trilingual semimonthly newspaper published in Gali District,

Abkhazia Abkhazia, ka, აფხაზეთი, tr, , xmf, აბჟუა, abzhua, or ( or ), officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, recognised by most countries as part of Georgia, which vi ...

. It is the only (partially) Mingrelian-language newspaper in the world. It was founded in 1995 by

Nugzar Salakaia Nugzar ( ka, ნუგზარ) is a Georgian masculine given name. It may refer to *Nugzar Asatiani (1937–1992), Soviet fencer *Nugzar Ashuba (born 1952), politician from Abkhazia *Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky (born 1950), Georgian nobleman *Nug ...

, who is still the editor. ''Gal'' has a circulation of 1,000. 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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