In a news item posted on the ARRL website on August 1, 2012 and published in October 2012 QST, it was reported that Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić held the call sign YU1YU. The ARRL has learned that although Prime Minister Dačić was a radio club member and passed the examination for an Amateur Radio operator license, and while YU1YU was suggested to him as a call sign for which he could apply, he has never applied for a personal call sign.