Germany's Carnival festivities have begun, drawing enthusiastic crowds to cities like Cologne and Düsseldorf. In light of recent incidents at public gatherings, enhanced security protocols have ...

Germany’s Catholic Church has sharply criticized a carnival float made for a big street parade in the western city of Cologne that linked Jesus with the church abuse scandal.

In a letter they said the image, “which cannot be surpassed in terms of embarrassment and tastelessness, should not belittle the Cologne Shrove Monday procession and carnival as a whole ...

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 ...

Police were on high alert for this year’s carnival parades after social media accounts linked to the Islamic State militant group called for attacks on the events in Cologne and Nuremberg.

Revelers pose for photos during the Rose Monday carnival parade in Cologne, Germany, March 3, 2025. Rose Monday is the biggest one of its kind held during the annual carnival season in this city ...

Cologne police said operational planning for ... be out in full force and there will be bag and personal searches of carnival goers. Carnival organisers in the Bavarian city of Nuremberg, said ...

(Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP) The end of Germany's famous carnival season was marked by public celebrations on Monday. The Rhineland cities of Düsseldorf and Cologne are especially well known ...

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Germany's Catholic Church has sharply criticized a carnival float made for a big street parade in the western city of Cologne that linked Jesus with the church abuse scandal.

Bakeries sell vast quantities of jelly donuts during carnival — the so-called fifth ... recent attacks that have scared many in Germany, Cologne Mayor Henriette Reker called on the revelers ...

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — 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 ...