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The Negrelli viaduct in Prague, the first railway bridge to be built across the Vltava River in 1850, is set to undergo extensive reconstruction, in order to create a link from the city centre to Prague Airport.

An aircraft factory in the Moravian town of Kunovice is to remain in the Czech Republic. There had been fears that it would be moved to Russia but after talks with its Russian owners on Monday morning, the Czech minister of industry announced that the plant – and 200 jobs – would not be going anywhere.

Czech companies are beginning to sell products through major internet retailers like Amazon or China’s Alibaba. According to Czech Radio, domestic companies selling through international e-commerce retailers now number in the dozens.

The Czech Republic’s economic boom has left many companies short-staffed and desperately seeking employees in order to be able to meet demand. Despite the fact that Czech labour offices currently register 390 thousand unemployed, companies are increasingly dependent on foreign labour.

The Czech minister of agriculture has presented a plan aimed at halting the abandonment of small villages. The scheme would offer incentives to both employers and employees in municipalities with a population of 500 or less. However, the minister of finance takes a dim view of the measures.

The popular Czech soft drinks producer Kofola ČeskoSlovensko confirmed this week its latest acquisition to its broadening portfolio, this time the Croatian brand-name mineral water Studenac, owned by Podravka. The two firms signed an agreement on the sale but did not release details about the amount. The transaction is to be completed by the end of the year, according to news site iDnes.

It appears that old-age pensioners in the Czech Republic will be able to look forward to CZK 300 more a month starting from next year. The coalition parties have taken potshots at each other over who can take the credit, though ahead of a vote this week they are in broad agreement on the increase.

The operation of the Blanka tunnel complex in Prague costs the city around 20 million crowns a month, deputy mayor of Prague Petr Dolínek told the Czech News Agency on Friday. The controversial tunnel, which cost the tax payers some 43 billion crowns, was opened on September 19 last year. To date, some 30 million vehicles have passed through the tunnel.

The Czech Republic’s most powerful lottery and betting company Sazka is on Thursday marking 60 years of existence. Sazka, which operates the popular Sportka lottery, has survived the collapse of communism and bankruptcy and last week registered its second biggest payout ever.

Czech exports to Russia have continued to fall in 2016. According to figures released by the Czech Statistics Office on Tuesday, exports to Russia fell by 12 percent in the first six months of this year compared to the same period last year. This follows a year-on-year fall in the volume of Czech exports to Russia dropped of nearly a third in 2015.