This past New Year’s Eve, there were 23 airings on Germany’s public channels — most of the original, English version of the sketch, but also multiple adaptations, including ones in Swiss ...

All over the world, fireworks are a tradition on New Year's Eve. In Germany, people spend more than €100 million ($106 million) on rockets and firecrackers.

New Year's Eve in Germany is all about fireworks. Here are The Local's suggestions for where to watch them across the country, from Berlin and Hamburg to Cologne, Munich and elsewhere.

The number of criminal charges from New Year’s Eve attacks in the Cologne, Germany, has risen to 516 – 40% of which relate to sexual assaults, police said.

"What happened on New Year's Eve were despicable criminal acts which call for decisive answers," Merkel said, according to Reuters. "This is about women who were victims of sexual attacks.

The sale of fireworks for New Year's Eve is allowed again in Germany starting Thursday, after their private purchase was banned for two years under the coronavirus pandemic restrictions.. Like in ...

Fatal accidents and riots are not uncommon on New Year's Eve in Germany, where setting off fireworks is permitted for a limited number of hours, stretching into New Year's Day.

The Metropolitan Opera will livestream a pay-per-view New Year’s Eve Gala Thursday, featuring live performances by Met stars Angel Blue, Javier Camarena, Matthew Polenzani and Pretty Yende ...

New Year's Eve customs in Germany(WILLY KURNIAWAN/REUTERS) Yet some customs may fall by the wayside or are being questioned because of climate change, the war in Ukraine or rising costs.

More than 1,200 women were sexually assaulted in German cities on New Year's Eve, including more than 600 in Cologne and about 400 in Hamburg — far more than initially reported, according to ...