Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s role as Europe’s perennial spoiler has frequently brought the European Union to a breaking point as he has blocked crucial decisions to leverage concessions and forced EU leaders to find workarounds.

Jacques Delors, who transformed Europe in his momentous decade as chief executive of the European Union's executive branch, has died in Paris.

Rupert Murdoch stirs mixed feelings in Britain, where he transformed the media over half a century.