02/02/2022 (Agence Europe) – Annual inflation in the euro area is estimated at 5.1% in January 2022, compared to 5.0% in December 2021, according to a flash estimate published by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat). For the eighteen countries for which data are available, it was highest in Lithuania (12.2%), Estonia (11.7%), Belgium and Slovakia (both 8.5%). Price increases were lowest in France (3.3%) and in Portugal and Finland (3.4%). Prices increased by 5.1% in...