AKHALTSIKHE, Georgia -- You'd expect to hear a chorus of hometown support for former Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili following his May 21 arrest for corruption. Instead, residents of Akhaltsikhe in ...

The FINANCIAL — Georgia’s Supreme Court has upheld a guilty verdict against former Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili on charges that he ordered the beating of a lawmaker in 2005. In September 2016 ...

Vano Merabishvili, leader of opposition United National Movement party, addresses people during a rally in Tbilisi, April 19, 2013. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili TBILISI (Reuters) - A Georgian court ...

The Kutaisi City Court found former Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili guilty of the abuse of office, bribery of voters and the inefficient use of budget funds on Monday. Merabishvili was sentenced to ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Georgia violated the rights of former Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili, who was jailed on charges that he ordered the beating of a Georgian ...

Georgia’s jailed, former Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili was sentenced to three years in prison on October 20 for his alleged role in a haunting 2006 murder case. Once the all-powerful muscle of ...

A lengthy court case on a controversial police crackdown has ended in a guilty verdict for ex-Georgian Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili, once one of the most powerful figures of former President ...

TBILISI (Reuters) – Former Georgian prime minister Ivane Merabishvili was arrested on corruption charges on Tuesday in what the opposition said was a witch-hunt against members of the ousted ...

During his years as one of Georgia's most indomitable political figures, Vano Merabishvili occasionally enjoyed showing a softer, more humorous side by appearing on television talk shows. Even months ...

Former Georgian Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili was sentenced on Monday to five years in jail on charges of bribery, misappropriation of public funds and abuse of office. Merabishvili became Prime ...