Bomb alert at Romania’s Black Sea Port of Constanța amid heightened security concerns

29 July 2026 Romania’s major point of access to the Black Sea, the Port of Constanța, was subjected to a bomb alert on Wednesday, July 29. The caller reportedly encouraged port employees to flee the scene. “There are several bombs placed in the Port building and in the passenger terminal. They are disguised as various objects, so you will not have time to find them before they explode. If you do not want to get injured, the best thing is to leave,” sources among the investigators told Euronews Romania. The interim defence minister, Radu Miruță, stated that the threat was reported from two phone numbers outside Romania, one number with a Ukrainian prefix and the other with a Polish prefix. “Investigations are being carried out regarding these phone numbers. It is a standard procedure that t