Recent results on the nature of low-, intermediate- and high-energy nuclear forces as well as on the internal structure of nucleons and atomic nuclei are presented. Prospects to find a new state of the nuclear matter at extreme conditions that existed in the early Universe and the utilisation of the nuclear energy are discussed.

Recent experimental and theoretical results on the fundamental properties of the matter Structure and interaction of nucleons and nuclei at high energies Properties of the nuclear matter at extreme conditions (high energy densities, etc.) Proposals on the peaceful use of the nuclear energy

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Nuclear Science.- VORTICES IN THE FIREBALLS FORMED IN RELATIVISTIC NUCLEAR COLLISIONS.- ONSET OF DECONFINEMENT AND CRITICAL POINT FUTURE ION PROGRAM AT THE CERN SPS.- PRODUCTION AND STUDY OF ANTIHYDROGEN IN THE ATHENA EXPERIMENT.- CRITICAL LINE OF THE DECONFINEMENT PHASE TRANSITIONS.- MULTIPLE PRODUCTION IN NUCLEAR COLLISIONS.- AN EXPERIMENTAL PROPOSAL TO MEASURE K+ ? ?+??.- LOW-ENERGY PHOTON SCATTERING ON A POLARIZABLE PARTICLE.- FLUCTUATIONS NEAR THE DECONFINEMENT PHASE TRANSITION BOUNDARY.- RESULTS FROM K2K AND STATUS OF T2K.- HAMILTONIAN APPROACH TO COSMOLOGICAL PERTURBATIONS IN GENERAL RELATIVITY.- RECENT RESULTS FROM EP INTERACTIONS AT HERA.- TOP QUARK PHYSICS FROM TEVATRON TO LHC.- THE QCD ANALYTIC PERTURBATION THEORY DESCRIPTION OF HADRONIC CONTRIBUTIONS INTO FEW IMPORTANT EFFECTS.- ON NATURE OF SCALAR AND TENSOR MESONS FROM THE ANALYSIS OF PROCESSES ?? ? ??, KK, ??.- NEW PROPOSAL OF NUMERICAL MODELLING OF BOSE-EINSTEIN CORRELATIONS: BOSE-EINSTEIN CORRELATIONS FROM WITHIN.- DISSOCIATION OF RELATIVISTIC NUCLEI IN PERIPHERAL INTERACTIONS IN NUCLEAR TRACK EMULSION.- COSMIC EVOLUTION AS SUPERFLUID MOTION IN GR.- Nuclear Safety.- THE URANIUMMINING AND STORAGE OF NUCLEAR WASTE IN CZECH REPUBLIC.- CURRENT STATE AND THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY.- FAST REACTOR BASED ON THE SELF-SUSTAINED REGIME OF NUCLEAR BURNING WAVE.- ON THE SUBCRITICAL AMPLIFIER OF NEUTRON FLUX BASED ON ENRICHED URANIUM.- TRANSMUTATION OF FISSION PRODUCTS AND MINOR ACTINIDES IN A SUBCRITICAL ASSEMBLY DRIVEN BY A NEUTRON GENERATOR.- EXPERIMENT AND RADIATION SAFETY AT COLLIDERS.