Brussels, 03/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has made a very positive assessment of the introduction of euro notes and coins three days after they were launched on 1 January. Several Italian ministers had been sceptical about the single currency and Italy turned out to be bottom of the class when it came to euro transactions. A spokesperson for Commissioner Pedro Solbes said that the introduction of the euro in the retail trade had been an overall success, and that the...