Carnival is a treasured tradition in cities like Cologne, Dusseldorf and Mainz in Germany’s Rhineland region. Along with the costumes and generalized revelry, satirical floats mock politicians ...

Women at Cologne Carnival in Germany have told Newsbeat reports of violence in the city won't stop them "living our lives". Police say there were 22 allegations of sexual assault on the first ...

COLOGNE, Germany — At 11:11 a.m. on Thursday, hundreds of thousands of carnival revelers took over the streets of the Rhineland in western Germany, dancing, singing, drinking and showing off ...

But Cologne have long been deeply attached to the local carnival. "During a carnival session we held 70 years ago, a circus director gifted us our heraldic animal Hennes, a real billy goat ...

BERLIN – Organizers are banning horses, large puppets and flags during the main procession at this year's street Carnival in Cologne because of a gale warning. The Carnival committee and city ...

The motto of the 2024 Cologne Carnival season is "Wat e Theater - wat e Jeckespill". Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa Germany's largest Rose Monday parade set off in Cologne on Monday morning, in a climax to ...

Cologne musicians are protesting right-wing radicalism and anti-Semitism. One song is dedicated to a Jewish carnival association; others are demanding "No Kölsch for Nazis" and are openly ...

Carnival has been celebrated in the German Rhineland city of Cologne for centuries. However, it used to be rough, disorderly, anarchic and so offensive to some people that, in the 19th century, a ...

Germany's largest Carnival parade on Shrove Monday, known in Germany as Rose Monday, kicked off in the western German city of Cologne on Monday morning. This year's festivities come amid a tense ...

The head of Cologne's Carnival period police operations, Martin Lotz, told the German Press Agency dpa that he also views the goal of such publicized threats to be to unsettle the population.

Women at Cologne Carnival in Germany have told Newsbeat reports of violence in the city won't stop them "living our lives". Police say there were 22 allegations of sexual assault on the first ...