The triumvirate on the balcony of the Severin Gate is greeted with confetti from a group. The Rhineland street carnival reaches its climax with the Rose Monday parades. The motto of the 2025 Cologne ...

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 their ...

Carnival celebrations in Germany kicked off on Thursday as huge costumed crowds began cutting loose amid tightened security, especially in the twin Carnival capitals of Cologne and Dusseldorf. By ...

A driver plowed a car into pedestrians at a street carnival in Germany early Monday, killing two and injuring at least ten others — five of them seriously — in an area on high alert for possible ...

Huge crowds of costumed revelers took to German streets on Thursday as the much-loved Carnival celebrations got underway, with the two Rhineland Carnival bastions of Cologne and Düsseldorf a focus of ...

Islamists suspected of belonging to the so-called Islamic State (IS) have called for attacks on social networks — including on Cologne's upcoming Carnival celebration. They named specific locations in ...

COLOGNE, Germany — 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. The ...

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BERLIN (Reuters) - Police are on high alert ahead of Germany's traditional carnival celebrations this week after social media connected to the Islamic State militant group called for attacks targeting ...

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Revelers are costumed as Britain's Queen and her guards in the central Heumarkt in Cologne, Germany, as thousands of carnival enthusiasts parade through the streets on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, ...