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 ...

Why does a man still play a "maiden" in Cologne Carnival in Germany? And what did the Nazis have against men wearing makeup? A Carnival history explainer. Carnival has been celebrated in the German ...

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Cannon fire followed by a rain of confetti heralded the start Thursday of Cologne’s annual Carnival, when hundreds of thousands of revelers take to the streets and pubs of the ...

COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - Undeterred by sexual attacks blamed on migrants on New Year's Eve, German women in clown costumes and bright wigs kicked off six days of carnival celebrations in Cologne ...

More than one million people are expected to fill the streets of Cologne as the city celebrates its annual carnival season, but in the wake of the New Year’s Eve attacks, thousands of police will also ...

BERLIN (AP) — 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 ...

MAINZ, Germany — Police will flood German streets this week during Carnival celebrations amid efforts to beef up security after a massive sex-assault spree and an elevated terror-threat level. More ...

The city of Cologne has a new idea to keep women safe from the kind of organized sexual assaults that horrified the world on New Year’s Eve. With the Cologne Carnival—Germany’s Mardi Gras ...

Every year a mass of tourists and revellers descends on Cologne for the start of carnival season. This year, the city is tightening up the rules to crack down on drunken misbehaviour. Carnival is ...

CNN’s Atika Shubert show us the challenges of filming at Cologne’s Carnival.

Whether they know it as Karneval, Fastnacht, Fasching or the fünfte Jahreszeit (Fifth Season), Carnival never fails to divide Germans each year. While in some regions of the country, a state of ...