TERRORISM The government will simulate a train explosion, a hidden bomb and toxic air contamination during an anti-terrorism exercise the night of Sept. 22, officials announced. The Interior Ministry said the simulations, at the Náměstí Republiky metro station and the Holešovice train station, will follow a nuclear power plant attack exercise by the Defense Ministry one day earlier.

KREJČíŘ - Interpol has located fugitive Czech billionaire Radovan Krejčíř in the Seychelles Islands with his wife and son, all of whom have Seychelles citizenship. Extradition appears uncertain because the Czech Republic has no relevant treaty with the island nation. Krejčíř escaped from Czech police June 18 during an arrest on charges of fraud and contract murder.

SMOKING President Václav Klaus has signed into law new rules on smoking in public, though critics suggest that they actually ease some restrictions. The law bans smoking in schools, cinemas, theaters, sports halls, government buildings and on public transportation platforms. It eases smoking rules in restaurants during lunch and dinner hours.

BORDERS Czech and Austrian officials will open about 30 new border crossings between the two countries beginning next summer, designed for hikers, cyclists, equestrians and other tourists. The path crossings will use no permanent border guards and represent a step toward the border-free system in use by the 15 older European Union nations.

CZECHTEK A state report on the controversial use of police force at the CzechTek music festival, which triggered massive protests across the country and abroad, asserts that, apart from a few isolated incidents, police acted properly. Interior Minister František Bublan, whose office prepared the report, came under criticism for sending in riot police.