The major German cities along the river Rhine - Cologne, Dusseldorf and Mainz - were holding their annual irreverent and ...

Germany's annual deeply satirical Carnival parade set off in Cologne on Monday morning - as the sun broke through just in ...

While the date of the parades lined up with Presidents Day in the U.S., several German cities actually held annual Rose Monday parades.

The biggest day of Carnival celebrations puts political caricatures at the center of it, with tens of thousands of revelers ...

From Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin, no-one is safe when Germans celebrate carnival with floats that satirise politicians.

From Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin, no-one is safe when Germans celebrate carnival with floats that satirise politicians. As usual, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and the polarising US President ...

Donald Trump, Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron are all targets of satirical floats at this year's Rose Monday Parade in Cologne. But Vladimir Putin will be spared — and there is a reason for that.

Every year, in the six “crazy days” before Lent, over a million costumed revelers take over the streets of Cologne in a tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages.

Cologne's Carnival celebration has a new sound. Young music, viral hits and new costume trends are re-shaping the event.

U.S. President Donald Trump, wearing no pants, will feature at German carnival celebrations as one of the traditionally satirical and provocative floats. At such a critical moment in US history, we ...

DUESSELDORF, Germany — Hundreds of thousands of revelers took to the streets across Germany Monday to celebrate Carnival dressed up in colorful costumes, amid an abundance of candy, flowers and ...