PRISTINA, Rabi'II 16, 1438, Jan 14, 2017, SPA -- Kosovo police blocked the entry on Saturday of a train from Serbia painted in the colours of the Serbian flag and with the words "Kosovo is Serbia" printed down the side, in a standoff seen as a test for the tiny Balkan country, Reuters reported. Kosovo President Hashim Thaci told an online paper he had ordered police special units to the border to halt the progress of the "provocative" train, which had not been cleared by the Pristina authorities to enter the country. Serbia does not recognise the independence of Kosovo, its former province, and it did not seek any permission for the passage of the train, which it paid for and organised. Kosovo media published video footage of police special units in armoured vehicles rushing to the border with Serbia on Saturday. "I have asked them (police and interior minister) to stop imminently the train entering Kosovo, at any price," Kosovo President Hashim Thaci told online newspaper Gazeta Express. -- SPA 23:51 LOCAL TIME 20:51 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w312482