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Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC)
Nikola Papunov 66 1060 Skopje, Macedonia W: www.mcms.org.mk. E:
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Centre for Civic Education (CCE)
Njegoseva 36/I 81 000 Podgorica, Montenegro T/F: + 382 81665112 W: www.cgo.cg.yu E:
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European Movement - Albania
Rr. Brigada VIII, Godina 1/3, Ap.8, 1001 Tiran~AŤ, Albania T/F: +355 42253184 W: www.em-al.org E:
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The Citizens~Ac???c Pact for SEE
Maksima Gorkog 5/II/14 21000 Novi Sad / Serbia T: +381 21425791 W: www.citizenspact.org.yu E:
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The Visa Abolishment Campaign internet presentation took place in Belgrade, 12th of December in the Gallery ~Ac??AOzon~Ac???. Beside the hosts from The Citizens~Ac???c Pact for SEE, guests as Mr. Vladimir Petronijevi~A?! from Grupa 484 (Group 484) and known movie direcotr Mr. Janko Baljak have also addressed the meeting. Mr. Petronijevi~A?! presented a short overview of the results of Serbia~Ac???cs endeavor to free it~Ac???cs citizens from Schengen Visas. Group 484 is precisely working on a supplement research of this topic. Mr. Baljak talked about the Visa issue relayed on youth of Serbia.
Because of the Visa problems, he recently could not attend the Slovenian - Maribor film festival on the presentation of his film: ~Ac??AVukovar-Final cut~Ac???
The following promotion will be held in the NGO Info-center in Skoplje, at 19th of December.
The Presentation in Sarajevo
Friday, 08 December 2006
The presentation of the web site of the Visa Abolishment Campaign, that has been run for a number of years by the Citizens~Ac???c Pact for South Eastern Europe will be held on Saturday, December 9, at 7 p.m. in Media Centre in Sarajevo.
At the end of last year the Citizens~Ac???c Pact published a book ~Ac??AThe Best Stories from Visa Queues~Ac??? with twenty best stories selected after a competition where young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Albania could participate. The book was presented before the European Parliament in March this year. This spring, the Citizens~Ac???c Pact led the ~Ac??ANo to 60 Euros!~Ac??? activity against the rise in the price of the Schengen visas for the citizens of the Western Balkans. In July, at the EXIT 06 festival the Citizens~Ac???c Pact held a discussion called ~Ac??AMyths and Legends about the Schengen White List ~Ac??? When Will We Travel Like Normal People?~Ac??? where one of the participants was the European Union Enlargement Commissioner, Ollie Rehn.
Member of the European parliament Jelko Kacin took an action in order to urge European Council to approve visa facilitation mandates for Western Countries. If the mandates won~Ac???ct be approved before Christmas, visa fees will temporarily rise to 60 euro. In his article published this week in Skopski Dnevnik Mr. Kacin says:~Ac??? Only two decades ago, Yugoslavs were able to travel freely anywhere within the European Community with their ~Ac???red passport~Ac???c. The EU is engaging in a counterproductive policy by imprisoning the Western Balkans behind the virtual Schengen Wall.~Ac??? He is just preparing amendments that should, among other things, strengthen paragraphs in on visa facilitation in a one of the following EP resolutions. Writing about the visa issue in his article published last October in International Herald Tribune, Mr. Kacin underlined that ~Ac??AThe long - term goal, however, must be to abolish visas for neighboring countries, and the short-term goal to make the visa procedures cheaper, faster and simpler.~Ac??? On the November 30 Mr. Kacin will host ALDE (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) visa seminar in Brussels where Commissioner Franco Frattini will be one of the speakers.
