Ermal Meta
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Singer. Performed on Skanderbeg Square in Tirana on 1 June 2018. Mayor Erion Veliaj received him at a meeting and gave him the Key of Tirana that day, linked by the report to Italy's Republic Day. The municipality is named as the organiser in the 2018 reporting. No fee or municipal payment amount is documented in any source retrieved. Mayor Veliaj said the municipality spent nothing from its budget on his concert.
Legal status
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Response from Ermal Meta
None obtained or found in the sources retrieved.
Related cases
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From May 2018
Payments and public events involving artists linked to the Municipality of Tirana, 2015-2026
Search of Albanian and English sources found documented municipal events with singers and performers in 2018, 2021-22, 2022 and 2025 (Ermal Meta, Rita Ora, Elvana Gjata, Alban Skënderaj, Apocalyptica…
Status: Open. Veliaj is in the SPAK/GJKKO case; the Feb 2025 SPAK notice refers to festival financing without amounts or named artists. No KLSH audit and no…
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Connections
Open the map →Received Meta; gave Key of Tirana (2018)
Evidence: Shqiptarja (1 June 2018) reports Veliaj receiving Meta and presenting the Key of Tirana before the Skanderbeg Square concert.
Timeline
Government
Mayor Veliaj announces summer concerts with Rita Ora and Ermal Meta
Top Channel reports Veliaj listing the summer concerts (Ermal Meta on 1 June, Rita Ora on 3 June) and saying the municipality would bring artists 'who have toured in Europe'. The article does not say who organised or paid. The date on the page is written 02/05/2018 and could also be read as 5 February; the 2 May reading is an inference.
Linked: Payments and public events involving artists linked to the Municipality of Tirana, 2015-2026 · Erion Veliaj · Rita Ora · Ermal Meta
Government
Ermal Meta concert on Skanderbeg Square; Key of Tirana presented
Mayor Veliaj receives Ermal Meta, presents him with the Key of Tirana and says it is given to 'special friends of the city'. Meta performs that evening on Skanderbeg Square. The article states no cost for the concert.
Linked: Payments and public events involving artists linked to the Municipality of Tirana, 2015-2026 · Erion Veliaj · Ermal Meta
Government
Veliaj tells council the municipality spent 0 lekë on Rita Ora and Ermal Meta
At the municipal council session Veliaj said the municipality spent '0 lekë, 0 qindarka' on the two concerts and offered to resign if it had. He cited Verona's municipality as having spent millions to host artists. No audit or procurement record was found to test the statement.
Linked: Payments and public events involving artists linked to the Municipality of Tirana, 2015-2026 · Erion Veliaj · Rita Ora · Ermal Meta
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 2 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 2 sources
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja.com
- Date
- 1 Jun 2018
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja.com
- Date
- 7 Jun 2018