Athens, 24/02/2000 (Agence Europe) - Greek Finance Minister Yannos Papantoniou announced that the request for his country's accession to the euro would be introduced on 9 March. Speaking before the relevant Committee in the European Parliament, the Minister announced earlier in the week that the request was imminent as, at the end of February, Greece would have met all the "Maastricht criteria". The level of inflation, which was 2.5% in January (slightly above the Maastricht criteria) will...