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The Western Balkans "can be a major development mechanism of the European Union."

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said this on Monday in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he attended the opening of the 20th International Fair of Economy.

Tech-savvy programmers in Bosnia have developed an innovative piece of virtual reality software aimed at relieving stress. 

The team of five at Mostar-based VRET - which stands for Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy - has developed the software with the aim of helping people, while also building a business that can sell to international clients. 

"A number" of human remains have been found as exhumation continued in the Radaca Pit, near the town of Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The remains are believed to be of Serb victims, the Prosecution of Bosnia-Herzegovina announced on Thursday.

Bosnia's parliament will vote at the end of April on a draft law proposed by the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZBiH, which may represent the last chance this year to reform the electoral law in Mostar and organise local elections in the southern city.

Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday that the Serb-Bosniak relations are the backbone for the survival of the Western Balkans "in the proper sense of the word."

The Serbian prime minister, speaking in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he is on a one-day visit, also called for resolving all problems peacefully.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met with Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on Tuesday.

"It was a good conversation. I believe that we will develop good-neighborly relations in the future as well," Vucic posted on his Twitter account.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina member Bakir Izetbegovic will meet on April 12.

According to Belgrade's Politika daily, the meeting will take place in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Turkey appears unable to generate any good news these days. Developments point to a country that is in a rapid downward spiral. If you ask President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu, as well as their ardent followers, Turkey has never had it so good. 

Bosnia's State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) on Monday arrested five people for smuggling weapons, ammunition and military equipment out of the country, the prosecutor's office said.

It said the suspects are under investigation as a part of an alleged organized crime group which sells firearms in Bosnia, Serbia and Germany.

Despite pleas from the state ombudsman for children's rights, politicians campaigning for this weekend's parliamentary elections have been seeking to endear themselves to the public by posing for photographs with children.