Before the end-of-year pontifical mass in Cologne Cathedral with Cardinal Woelki, the area around the cathedral was heavily guarded by police with machine guns on Dec. 31, 2023.

Before the end-of-year pontifical mass in Cologne Cathedral with Cardinal Woelki, the area around the cathedral is heavily guarded by police with machine guns, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.

Cologne Mayor Henriette Reker said she was “happy and relieved” that the night had passed fairly uneventfully. About 50,000 people rang in the new year in front of Cologne Cathedral, officials ...

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Three more people were detained Sunday in connection with a reported threat of an attack on the Cologne Cathedral over the holidays, German authorities said. The detentions came only days after a ...

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Police have arrested a total of four people in connection with an alleged New Year’s Eve terrorist plot targeting Germany’s 800-year-old Cologne Cathedral using an explosives-packed vehicle.

BERLIN, Dec 23 (Reuters) - German police said on Saturday they were heightening security at Cologne Cathedral following indications of an attack planned for New Year's Eve and in the wake of ...

As for the Cathedral, there is only one hotel in Cologne, the Excelsior Hotel Ernst (family-owned since 1863), that has a series of suites, Cathedral View and Excelsior, that look at the front ...

News Nation/World Police detain 6 climbers who wanted to scale Cologne's famous cathedral The Cologne cathedral is illuminated in Cologne, Germany, Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. Credit: AP/Martin Meissner ...