Portugal's cabinet has decided to go ahead with a motion of confidence in the centre-right government that is opposed by the main opposition parties, it said on Thursday, with a parliamentary vote expected to take place next Tuesday.

Portugal's Prime Minister Luis Montenegro said on Wednesday he would submit his year-old minority government to a motion of confidence, which could lead to its dismissal if the two main opposition parties vote to reject it,

If the Executive loses it, as expected, the President of the Republic will have to decide whether to call for early elections a year after the previous ones or propose a new candidate as Prime Minister.

Serbia’s parliament descended into chaos on Tuesday as opposition lawmakers threw smoke grenades and tear gas inside the chamber to protest against the government and support demonstrating students.

The cleaners had scrubbed the debating chamber clean before MPs arrived for Wednesday's session in Serbia's National Assembly. Spent smoke bombs, smears of egg yolk and a dusting of white fire extinguisher powder had all been removed from the benches and tables after the mayhem of the previous day.

The Serbian parliament erupted into chaos Tuesday as opposition lawmakers set off smoke grenades and other countermeasures to block last-minute passage of a series of laws initiated by the outgoing government.

Clashes broke out in Athens on Wednesday between Greek police and demonstrators protesting over a 2023 train crash that killed 57 people, most of them students, in the country's worst rail disaster. T

Greek opposition parties have challenged the country’s center-right government with a censure motion in parliament over a devastating rail disaster

The Greek parliament voted on Tuesday to set up a committee to investigate how a minister handled the aftermath of a deadly 2023 train crash, days after violent protests over a perceived lack of government accountability brought businesses to a halt.