Today I learned something about the infamous "Junk"

[Vinyadan]

Hm. I wonder if the rest of Europe has a similar problem with the European Union.

I think Europe (and the EU) is just too diverse linguistically and culturally to have this kind of problem because of something as recent as the EU.

Now, if you go "Ukrainians are Russians", that is very very widespread, and they will accurately explain you the story of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and anything else before and after.

Another one is not being able to tell Norway and Sweden apart. And that Finland speaks something Germanic.

And the best one is thinking Rumanians are Slavs, which is also quite widespread (they are linguistically Latin). Or that Roma = Rumanian. Or that Moldavians are ruled by Viktor Von Doom. Or not knowing the difference between Romania and Bulgaria. Or which Balkan countries are independent and which ones aren't.

Or which one is Slovakia and which one is the Czech Republic.