22/04/2022 (Agence Europe) – Annual inflation in the euro area was 7.4% in March, up from 5.9% in February, according to data released by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) on Thursday 21 April. At the EU level, it was 7.8% last month, compared with 6.2% the previous month. The lowest annual rates were observed in Malta (4.5%), France (5.1%) and Portugal (5.5%), while the highest rates were recorded in Lithuania (15.6%), Estonia (14.8%) and the Czech Republic (11.9%)....