Carnivals in Germany have long satirized the powerful. Calls to keep politics out of the festivities are now being used to ...

banned the use of blackface make-up among its members. Germany's Carnival season is ancient tradition and marks the build-up to the main celebrations ahead of the Christian fasting season of Lent ...

President Donald Trump was the target of widespread mockery and criticism Monday during the annual carnival parade in Düsseldorf, Germany. The city’s streets were filled with satirical effigies ...

And not just in Germany; with Hoffenheim going the same way as Bayern Munich, the "Carnival Boys" continue to be making headlines across Europe.