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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cologne migrant 'embarrassed' at carnival. More than 100 women were victims, but the full scale of events on that night only emerged later.

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 ...

Cologne's most festive event was set to receive its first official Jewish float in over 80 years, until the pandemic put the whole event on ice until at least 2021.

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 ...

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 ...

Police arrested two suspected Islamic extremists on Thursday as part of a series of raids across Germany as the city of Cologne began a five-day carnival amid heightened security.

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 ...

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 ...