The Air Force Shooting Range will leave Alcochete and be installed in Alter do Chão, announced Defence Minister Nuno Melo today. This move is mandatory as the future Lisbon international airport, named Luís de Camões, will be built exactly on the land where the range has operated until now.
Shooting Range to move from Alcochete to Alter do Chão
Wednesday, 11 March 2026RSS
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Nuno Melo is the president of CDS-PP (Centro Democrático e Social – Partido Popular), a Christian democratic party in Portugal. In the story he linked Chega's position to socialism, compared André Ventura to Donald Trump, and urged party members to vote 'in conscience' in the presidential runoff on the 8th, a stance that could affect centre‑right voters.
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