For which countries the New Year has already arrived – World News – UNIAN



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On the territory of Kiribati, the New Year can be celebrated three times: in the western, central and eastern parts of the islands.

The New Year has already been celebrated in Samoa / Photo by UNIAN Vladimir Gontar

The New Year has already been celebrated in Samoa / Photo by UNIAN Vladimir Gontar

Residents of the state of Kiribati, located on Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean, have already turned 2021.

Reported by RBC.

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They entered the new year at 12.00 in Kiev.

On the territory of Kiribati, the New Year can be celebrated three times: in the western, central and eastern parts of the islands. At the same time, it is unique here that only a few kilometers from the islands is the limit of the twelfth western time zone.

Who knows the New Year first

Likewise, the New Year has already been celebrated in Samoa, this state located in the South Pacific Ocean and occupying the western part of the archipelago of the same name.

After Caribati and Samoa, the New Year comes to New Zealand and then to most of Australia. Also, the New Year is celebrated in Japan and in both Koreas (North and South). An hour after Japan, the New Year comes to the rest of the Australian territories and parts of Southeast Asia.

Two hours later, the New Year is celebrated in Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia.

12 hours after the New Year celebrations in Kiribati, the holiday arrives in Eastern Europe (Romania, Greece, Ukraine). At the same time, the New Year is celebrated in Turkey, Israel, Finland.

According to NV, residents of Chatham Island, which is part of New Zealand but located about 800 km east of the country’s main territory, are among the first to celebrate the New Year. This island is in a separate time zone.

In addition, among the first of the new year is the island state of Tonga.

At 14:00 Kiev time, the New Year comes to the Far East of Russia, in particular to Kamchatka.

Australia celebrates the coming new year (at 14: 30-15: 00 by Kiev).

Around 17:00 Kiev time, they celebrate the New Year in Japan, South and North Korea.

It arrives in China at 6:00 p.m. and Indonesia at 7:00 p.m.

At 20:00 the holiday arrives in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, at 20:15 – Nepal, and at 20:30 – India.

At 9:00 p.m. the New Year begins in Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan.

At 9:30 p.m. the holiday arrives in Afghanistan and at 10:00 p.m. in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

The New Year arrives in Ukraine 12 hours after the start of the celebration in Kiribati. Simultaneously with our country, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Romania and Finland celebrate it.

Britain and Portugal enter the new year two hours after Kiev.

At 4 in the morning on January 1, Kiev time, the New Year is celebrated in Brazil.

In Canada (on the easternmost island of Newfoundland), New Year’s celebrations arrive at 5:30 am Kiev time.

And at 7:00 begins New Years Eve in Washington, New York and Ottawa.

Samoa

New Zealand

New Zealand welcomed the new year 2021 with fireworks and greetings. The broadcast from the country’s largest city, Auckland, was made on Facebook by Reuters.

Most of this country celebrated the New Year at 1:00 p.m. Kiev time.

In particular, ten seconds before New Year’s Eve, a large crowd in Auckland’s central streets began a countdown to welcome 2021.

As soon as the clock struck 12 at night local time, spectacular fireworks and fireworks were launched from the enormous telecommunications tower “Sky Tower”, which is the largest structure in the southern hemisphere of the planet (328 m).

On the streets of Auckland, people with joyous euphoria welcomed the arrival of the new year.

Twitter screenshot

Twitter screenshot

Australia

Celebrating the new year in Ukraine

According to the National Research Center “Institute of Agrarian Economics”, the cost of the New Year-2021 table for a Ukrainian family of 4 will increase by 5.3% compared to last year and will amount to 1706.09 UAH .

On December 30, 2020, journalists calculated how much it would cost to cook Olivier at home, buy a set of ready-to-use groceries from a supermarket, and order a salad at a restaurant.

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Authors:

Elena Kovalenko, Vitaly Sayenko

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