This year's controversial Klaasohm festival on the north-western German island of Borkum was peaceful with no assaults reported, unlike in previous years, local police and city officials said early on ...

Most people in Germany associate the feast of Saint Nicholas with a harmless tradition: Children leave their cleaned shoes next to the front door on the night of December 5, and the next morning, they ...

A centuries-old tradition in Germany's Borkum in which young men hit women on the buttocks with cattle horns during the Klaasohm festival has been discontinued and a safety plan put in place. Most ...