The Carnival kick-off in Cologne traditionally attracts many 10,000 revelers from out of town. This year, heightened concerns after recent attacks in Munich and elsewhere have prompted added ...

Germany's largest Carnival parade on Shrove Monday, known in Germany as Rose Monday, kicked off in the western German city of Cologne on Monday morning. This year's festivities come amid a tense ...

Sharon from Uganda, center, sways to music during a carnival lecture for beginners, held by Caritas with the aim to bring Cologne lifestyle and carnival basics closer to refugees in Cologne ...

The blue, quasi-military uniforms of Cologne’s Carnival corps, for example, were first worn in the early nineteenth century to mock Napoleon Bonaparte, whose troops occupied the banks of the Rhine.

Carnival is a lucrative event for Cologne, said Sommer, the tourism chief. But more importantly the city has an image to protect, he said.

Cologne fans gathered at the city’s cathedral for their annual prayer service to ask for divine blessings for the season.

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 ...

Parades, music, dancing in the streets — joyous Carnival celebrations marking the final days of revelry before Lent are peaking in New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro and other locales in the America… ...

COLOGNE, Germany—Cologne hosts its annual carnival from Thursday with beefed-up security to prevent a repeat of the sex assaults that marred New Year’s festivities and ignited a debate about ...