%0 Journal Article %T Algebraic varieties with quasi-projective universal cover %A Beno£¿t Claudon %A Andreas Hoering %A J¨¢nos Koll¨¢r %J Mathematics %D 2011 %I arXiv %X We prove that the universal cover of a normal, projective variety X is quasi-projective if and only if a finite, \'etale cover of X is a fiber bundle over an Abelian variety with simply connected fiber. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1102.2762v1