Rita Ora
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Pop singer. Performed a concert on Skanderbeg Square in Tirana on 3 June 2018, which the municipality announced as free for the public. The Wikipedia awards list records a Key to the City of Tirana (2018). No municipal payment to her is documented in any source retrieved. Mayor Erion Veliaj said in June 2018 that the municipality spent nothing from its budget on her and Ermal Meta's concerts. A 2020 Exit.al comment and a 2023 Mero Baze column both name her among public figures who supported the Socialist Party or Veliaj; these are opinion pieces.
Legal status
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Response from Rita Ora
None obtained or found in the sources retrieved.
Related cases
Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.
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 →Sponsor of June 2018 concert
Evidence: ABI's website says it supported the Rita Ora and Ermal Meta concerts as a lifelong culture partner; no amount.
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
Other
Rita Ora free concert on Skanderbeg Square
Rita Ora performs on Skanderbeg Square, Tirana. Both the Ermal Meta and Rita Ora concerts are described as free for the public. ABI bank states it sponsored the concerts (ABI page, year inferred). No fee for Rita Ora is stated.
Linked: Payments and public events involving artists linked to the Municipality of Tirana, 2015-2026 · Rita Ora
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
Media
Exit.al opinion: celebrities back the Socialist Party in 2020 campaign
Opinion piece ('Comment:') arguing that celebrities, named in the piece as including Rita Ora, voiced support for the Socialist Party and Veliaj ahead of the 2020 vote. Labelled as comment, not reporting. No payment is mentioned.
Linked: Payments and public events involving artists linked to the Municipality of Tirana, 2015-2026 · Rita Ora
Media
Mero Baze column defends artists' support for Veliaj in 2023 local campaign
Opinion column saying the opposition attacked the singers and actors who supported Veliaj, and that this support is not an electoral necessity. No payment mentioned.
Linked: Payments and public events involving artists linked to the Municipality of Tirana, 2015-2026 · Mero Baze · Rita Ora
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 3 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 3 sources
- Publisher
- Wikipedia
- Date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja.com
- Date
- 7 Jun 2018
- Publisher
- ABI
- Date
- 2018