Articles in this issue, v.1

Content:<P>At the Laboratories of JINR. A New Element Synthesized. NA48 Experiments: First Results. Stress Investigations by Neutron Fourier Diffractometry Method (by G.D.Bokuchava). Session of the JINR Scientific Council. Prizes. JINR Prizes for 1998. B.Pontecorvo Prize. Meetings of the JINR PACs. Scientific Cooperation. JINR Directorate's Information. P.L.Kapitsa Medal. Visits. Meeting with the Chairman of the State Duma. Russia's New Plenipotentiary to JINR. Jubilees. I.M.Frank Memorial Events. N.A.Chernikov's Jubilee. At JINR's UC. In Memory of a Colleague. Soloviev Vadim Georgievich. Nominations. New Publications. Schedule of JINR Meetings.