Metro is testing a new way to pay fares – with your smartphone – but that means keeping your smartphone out, which police generally advise against. Source: http://www.nbcwashington.com

RT @Frommers: Wait… you mean you can get a chip-embedded version of your current credit cards right now? http://t.co/2gc9s6uhzf #travel Source: http://www.frommers.com

Press Release: EU-Kazakhstan Human Rights DialogueEU NewsBrussels, 12 November 2014 – The European Union and Kazakhstan held the sixth round of their annual Human Rights Dialogue in Brussels today. Source: eeas.europa.eu

Russian city of Astrakhan will host a meeting of the Russian-Kazakhstan permanent commission for the cross-border cooperation in the field of water Source: en.trend.az

“We want to come up with a payment system compatible with leading global payment systems”, he elaborated. Source: en.tengrinews.kz

You only need to look at a chart of Kazakhstan’s currency against the rouble to appreciate Kairat Kelimbetov’s dilemma. The governor of Kazakhstan’s central bank has kept the tenge tightly pinned to the US dollar since February. Source: http://www.ft.com

* Oil fund to fuel Kazakh growth as world oil prices fall* IMF, government see growth hit by Russia’s slowdown* International lenders to co-finance Kazakh projects (Adds Nazarbayev quotes, details, Source: in.reuters.com

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has addressed the people of Kazakhstan, in the middle of the meeting of political council of the “Nur Otan” party. Source: en.trend.az

Kazakh culture, spiritual roots and traditions were presented to the French public during the Oct. 31 to Nov. 3 Days of Astana in Paris. Source: http://www.astanatimes.com

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