It's not a complete coincidence if two typically German celebrations — St. Martin's Day and the start of carnival season — ...

Cologne kicked off its Carnival season at 11:11 am on Tuesday, with thousands of people gathered in bright sunshine. The ...

Wondering why Germany's carnival festivities kick off on November 11th at such a specific time? We unpack the significance of ...

Carnival revellers celebrate the opening of the street carnival on Alter Markt on Weiberfastnacht (Women's Carnival Day). Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa Revellers descended Thursday on the traditional ...

Carnivals in Germany have long satirized the powerful. Calls to keep politics out of the festivities are now being used to silence dissent. Carnival celebrations in Germany’s Rhineland region are ...

It's not a complete coincidence that two typically German celebrations, St. Martin's Day and the start of carnival 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 their ...

DUESSELDORF – Throngs of revelers took to the streets of Germany's Carnival strongholds on Monday, accompanied by floats that satirized the Ukrainian and Russian presidents, German politicians, former ...

Dozens of people were hurt when a car drove into a crowd of revelers at a Carnival parade in Germany, authorities said. According to the BBC and The Associated Press, at least 52 people were hurt when ...

Carnival revelers celebrate despite the rain in Cologne, Germany Monday Feb. 8, 2016. Duesseldorf , Mainz and Essen have joined several other German cities in calling off their main Carnival ...

BERLINBERLIN — Five people were injured in southwestern Germany Sunday afternoon when a carnival float burst into flames, police said. Around 3 p.m. local time in Kehl, a city in southwestern Germany ...