A year earlier, the EU inflation was 1.9%, the data showed.

Romanian annual inflation came in at 8% in June, followed by Estonia (4.9%) and Lithuania (4.8%).

The lowest 12-month averages up to June were registered in Sweden (1.5%), the Czech Republic and the Netherlands (both 1.8%), and the highest in Romania (7.8%), Estonia (4.7%) and Greece (4.6%).

Romanian consumer prices fell 0.3% in June compared with May. EU’s monthly inflation was -0.1%.

Annual inflation in the 16 states that use the euro was 2.7% in June, unchanged on the month. A year earlier, eurozone’s rate was 1.5%.