The head of the European Union delegation in Albania, Luigi Soreca, in his last days as the chief diplomat of the union in Tirana, said during an interview for the Italian radio show on radio Rai 1, “Estovest”, that there have been cases of Russian cyber attacks. and attempts at public misinformation by Moscow in Albania, but they do not even compare with the cases in Serbia or Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Asked by well-known Italian journalist Stefano Marcelli about the recent dynamics in the Balkans after the start of the war in Ukraine, Soreca underlined the fact that it is clear that Moscow is seeking to be more involved in the Western Balkans.

As this is not currently possible militarily, it is operating through cyber and misinformation campaigns.

“European leaders have rightly emphasized Russia’s involvement in the region,” Soreca said. “Moscow aims to interrupt a process of rapprochement of the countries of the region with the EU and Euro-Atlantic structures.”

Meanwhile, he also thinks that the recent tensions in eastern Europe may affect this fact. Therefore, the West has increased its attention to the phenomena of cybercrime and misinformation.

“Beyond the fact that even in Albania, according to him, there have been such events, they are much lower in number than in Serbia or Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

/Klara Ruci/