Kosovo blocks entry of 'provocative' train from Serbia

[WorldNews]

By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo police blocked the entry on Saturday of a train from Serbia painted in the colors 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. 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 recognize 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 organized.

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