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Cologne is the largest city in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, one of the major European metropolitan regions and the biggest in Germany. The city has a population of more than 1 million.

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October 16, 2024

German broadcaster WDR's orange mouse mascot 'kidnapped'

October 11, 2024

Germany: Large WWII bomb detonated in Cologne

October 5, 2024

Germany: Cologne explosions 'key figure' arrested

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ESA astronauts test the Moon hall at the new LUNA Analog facility in Cologne;

Mission Moon in Cologne: 'LUNA' training facility opens

Mission Moon in Cologne: 'LUNA' training facility opens

Astronauts can train for lunar missions in the new "LUNA" simulation facility in Cologne.
ScienceSeptember 26, 20247 images
Police at the courthouse in Amsterdam during the Marengo Trial, 12 April 2021

Dutch 'Mocro mafia' sets off alarm bells in Germany

Dutch 'Mocro mafia' sets off alarm bells in Germany

German police have warned of Dutch organized crime networks moving into Germany, carrying out kidnappings and torture.
PoliticsSeptember 25, 2024
The 77 Percent Magazine

Afrobeats or Amapiano – the verdict of the fans

Afrobeats or Amapiano – the verdict of the fans

At Germany's Summerjam festival, we ask music fans which music speaks to them - Afrobeats or Amapiano?
SocietyAugust 27, 202401:31 min
A drag queen cosplaying as an enchanted candelabra from Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Pride 2024: Cologne's LGBTQ+ celebrate Christopher Street Day

Pride 2024: Cologne's LGBTQ+ celebrate Christopher Street Day

Some 1.4 million people visited Cologne this weekend for the Pride parade — but there are dark clouds on the horizon.
SocietyJuly 21, 20248 images
The storefront where a bomb exploded 20 years ago, the shop window filled with portraits of people

Racism 'on the rise' 20 years after NSU bombing

Racism 'on the rise' 20 years after NSU bombing

German officials rejected the notion that the attack was motivated by racism — and they accused the victims instead.
PoliticsJune 8, 2024
Scaffolding and cranes positioned alongside Notre Dame

Paris' Notre Dame: 5 years after fire, restoration on track

Paris' Notre Dame: 5 years after fire, restoration on track

Five years after it was damaged by fire, Notre Dame is to reopen again in December 2024 — "more beautiful than ever."
CultureApril 14, 2024
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A man seen from behind wearing a blue-and-white yarmulke. The people around him are out of focus. Cologne, June 6, 2019.

How Cologne's Jewish community rebuilt after World War II

Seventy-five years ago, Cologne's Jewish community took a step toward returning to normal life after the Holocaust.
CultureApril 5, 2024
A picture of men wearing extravagant costumes during the Prince Carnival in 1884

Germany: Is the Cologne Carnival still a man's world?

Why does a man still play a "maiden" in the Cologne Carnival? And what did the Nazis have against men wearing makeup?
CultureFebruary 7, 2024
A person carries a basketball

World Dwarf Games draw to a close in Germany

Over 500 athletes with dwarfism took part in the World Dwarf Games in Cologne in central Germany this year.
SportsAugust 5, 2023
Several people holding trolleys and bags pick up food donations from a group of tables

Cologne priest fights the poverty crisis

From the basement of his church, Franz Meurer is helping the rising number of people living in poverty in Germany.
SocietyOctober 11, 2022
People dressed up as clowns during a Carnival celebration in Cologne

Germany: Carnival party is on despite COVID wave

As COVID infections soar in Germany, the November 11 parties are still on. But Cologne's main act faces a positive case.
CultureNovember 10, 2021
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