Germany's carnival season, whose celebrations will peak this week, is set to generate nearly 2 billion euros ($2.36 billion) ...

Every year, in the six “crazy days” before Lent, over a million costumed revelers take over the streets of Cologne in a ...

Economists predict that an unusually short carnival season will still deliver a significant economic boost. Meanwhile, the trial resumes of a mother accused of hiding her daughter away for seven years ...

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, ...