Read A first-timer’s guide to Central Asia by Lonely Planet Source: http://www.lonelyplanet.com

Ruble-Tenge rate making #Kazakhstan shoppers keep spending money across the border in Russia http://m.tengrinews.kz/ru/tv/obschestvo/3111 … pic.twitter.com/RUMQLKui0V Source: twitter.com

The Times of Central Asia Source: http://www.timesca.com

The Week of Kazakh Culture in Turkey began in the Turkish province of Eskisehir, reports press service of the Kazakhstan’s MFA. Source: nurotan.kz

Not many people know about Central Asia. This jigsaw puzzle of countries is situated south of Russia, west of China and north of Iran and Pakistan. Source: theplanetd.com

Vice President of the Football Federation of Kazakhstan said that Galatasaray, a famous Turkish football club, wanted to open its academies in Kazakhstan. Source: en.tengrinews.kz

Kazakhstan is planning to build two nuclear power plants and dispose waste at the Semipalatinsk Test Site. Source: en.tengrinews.kz

The editor of a Kazakh magazine that was shut down by the authorities has started a hunger strike in the nation’s largest city, Almaty. Source: http://www.rferl.org

As U.S. President Barack Obama gears up for his sixth State of The Union address tonight (Jan. 20), the leader of the free world will likely focus his efforts Source: http://www.pymnts.com

It can be difficult for small businesses to cash in on the big push toward mobile payment processing, particularly with the new rules and regulations to abide Source: http://www.pymnts.com