"Serbia-Croatia, Siamese twins who can't stand each other"

"Serbia-Croatia, Siamese twins who can't stand each other"

The daily points out that "nationalist tones" have been getting louder in Croatia ever since the presidential election there in 2015.

The article goes on to say that Zagreb is criticized only by Belgrade, but also by minorities in Croatia, who say this country is trying both to minimize its fascist past, and glorify it.

The newspaper quoted as an example the marches of war veterans wearing uniforms of (WW2 Nazi-allied Independent State of Croatia, NDH) Ustasha regime, and the chants of the Ustasha greeting "for home ready" heard in stadiums.

The upcoming early elections on September 11 represent an even greater temptation to try and win votes by fiercely attacking Serbia, emphasizes the newspaper.

At the same time, Die Presse said that Serbian governments have been having increasingly shorter mandates and that elections are a temptation for politicians to engage in nationalist outbursts towards their neighbors.

"Thus, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic succeeded in keeping his ministerial job during several months of government formation, but the SPS leader already intends to position himself for the presidential election in 2017," writes the Vienna daily.

"Serbia and Croatia are like Siamese twins who cannot stand each other," the paper quoted former Serbian ambassador in Vienna Svetislav Basara, adding that "all attempts at modernization" in both countries have ended with the inevitable return of the old templates - and these are "Ustashas and Chetniks."