Berlin  - A German youth charged with having sex with an underage English girl in a Turkish holiday resort last year will not return to Antalya when proceedings restart this week, his lawyers said Wednesday.

Marco Weiss, who was 17 at the time of the incident, would not fly out to Turkey for Friday's proceedings, nor would his parents, the lawyers said.

The defence lawyers predicted the case would be adjourned once more, as certain documents had not yet been made available to the defence by the court.

The documents concern a psychological evaluation of the alleged victim by Turkish forensic experts.

Berlin - German key machinery and industrial plants orders slumped by an annual 12 per cent in May, the industry association said Wednesday.

Berlin - The German cabinet was meeting Wednesday to discuss the 2009 budget after weeks of wrangling between Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck and the spending ministries. 

Wolfsburg, Germany - Frustrated when trying to manoeuvre your car into a narrow parking garage?

Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel Tuesday gave strong backing to continuing the ratification process for the European Union's Treaty of Lisbon, in the face of the negative position taken Pol

Luxembourg - Germany's postal monopoly, Deutsche Post (DP), triumphed Tuesday in a six-year-old legal fight with the European Commission, winning the right from the European Court to claim back up