The name of a Romanian citizen is featured on the list of the passengers that disappeared today on the Rio de Janeiro – Paris Air France flight, Romanian press informs. Elsewhere in the news, Romanian minister of Health threatens that passengers who forget to fill in the health check forms on arriving to Romania might face penal charges. Romanian tennis player Sorana Carstea qualified in the Roland Garros quarter-final. The slight depreciation in prices on Bucharest real estate market also attracted media’s attention. Last but not least, Transylvania hosts the only Nokia European factory to produce phone accessories.

A Romanian citizen is listed among the passengers on board of the plane that disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean today, Cotidianulinforms. Romanian ambassador in Paris Teodor Baconsky declared that on the Rio de Janeiro – Paris flight there was also a Romanian woman. Her name corresponds to several persons from Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ database; therefore there will be a date-of-birth investigation before her family will be announced. The list containing the names of the passengers was made available by Air France spokesperson.

Most passengers flying to Romania "forget" to fill in the health check forms and the authorities do not seem to care, according to Evenimentul Zilei. The procedure was voluntary, so the passengers did not bother to waste time with the forms. It is also the case of the Romanian woman who returned from the US and was diagnosed yesterday with swine flu. She, her mother and her boyfriend are currently hospitalised at Matei Bals Institute in Bucharest.

According to Romania Libera, Romanian minister of Health Ion Bazac declared that filling in the forms is compulsory and those who fail to complete the forms and may spread the disease will be likely to face penal charges. People refusing or forget