Celebrations kick off on February 27 with Weiberfastnacht, the night when women dictate events, and move on to Carnival Weekend culminating on Shrove Monday - known in Germany as Rose Monday - on ...

It reads: "Cologne Carnival February 27 Alter Markt ... The cities of Cologne, Düsseldorf and Mainz on the Rhine are Germany's Carnival strongholds. In recent years, around 1.5 million people ...

Two people - an 83-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man - have been killed after a vehicle drove into a pedestrian area in the city of Mannheim, western Germany. Five people were seriously injured and ...

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BERLIN, February 24. /TASS/. A car has crashed into a carnival parade in the German town of Volkmarsen (the state of Hesse), ARD TV channel reported on Monday. Over 30 people, including children ...

A car ploughed into a crowd in Germany's Mannheim city on Monday ... as thousands gathered across the country to celebrate the carnival season, with parades taking place in cities like Mannheim ...