The Republic of Macedonia will change its to the Republic of Macedonia. The country became in 1991. It became a of the U.N. in . Greece's region is called Macedonia. Greece said owned the name. Greece stopped Macedonia from joining the E.U. of .
Over 67 per cent of Macedonia's voted for the . Opposition politicians did vote. Hundreds of protested. An leader said the traded Macedonia's name, " like at a market ." Macedonia's Prime Minister said the name change would, "open the to the ".