Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has pursued control by varied and ruthless means — breaching EU law and his citizens’ rights. EU states have to do more than finger wag, writes Guy Verhofstadt

Liberal democracy faces a new and decisive challenge — figuring out how to deal with the “post-Communist oligarchies” of Russia and China.

Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has won his coveted majority government in elections which changed Canada’s political landscape with the opposition Liberals and Quebec separatists suffering a shattering defeat.

Singeur rattled off a no-nonsense hat-trick in the skypoker.com Stakes at York.

The leader of Canada’s main opposition party is set to announce on Monday whether he will seek to topple Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s minority government.