Germany's Carnival festivities have begun, drawing enthusiastic crowds to cities like Cologne and Düsseldorf. In light of ...

German police in Cologne have detained five Frenchmen and a Belgian woman who had tried to climb the city’s famous cathedral.

Traditionally Carnival is celebrated with the greatest passion in the Rhineland where cities like Cologne, Dusseldorf and Mainz host massive festivals, and in Southwest Germany, home to ...

Large parades in Cologne, Duesseldorf ... float linking Jesus to the church abuse scandal sparked criticism from Germany’s Catholic Church, which called it “tasteless.” ...

Police were on high alert for this year's carnival parades after social ... cancelled her attendance at the parade in Cologne on Monday, Germany's biggest, due to the events in Mannheim, a ...

Hundreds of thousands of revelers took to the streets across Germany on Monday to celebrate Carnival dressed up in colorful costumes, amid an abundance of candy, flowers and alcohol. Many of the ...

This month, a Jewish group will again be an official participant at the Cologne Carnival in what it says is the first such occurrence since World War II. The Cologne event had its first Jewish ...