Germany on Monday said that the country is ready to expand European Union sanctions against Belarus as a bloody crackdown continues in the country.

Widespread protests continue in Minsk | EU to hold emergency summit over Belarus

Germany supports 'expanding' sanctions against Belarus ahead of EU summit

Protesters have been demanding that Lukashenko resign, saying the official results of the August 9 presidential election that gave him a sixth term in office are fraudulent.

Belarus: 'Won't bring reforms under pressure from protesters' says Lukashenko

Belarus police fired water cannons, tear gas and stun grenades in a crackdown on protests that erupted on Sunday as President Alexander Lukashenko was set to claim another election win.

Police, protesters clash after Belarus presidential vote

Police in Belarus have cracked down on opposition protesters after an official exit poll put President Alexander Lukashenko on course to win a sixth term.

Belarus Elections: Lukashenko wins his 6th term in office | Protests in Belarus | WION

Belarus votes in an election on Sunday pitting President Alexander Lukashenko against a former teacher who emerged from obscurity to lead the biggest challenge in years against the man once dubbed "Europe`s last dictator" by Washington.

Belarus holds election as street protests rattle strongman president

A rally-concert on the evening of 30 July attracted a massive crowd of 63,000 people to Friendship Park on the outskirts of Minsk to support Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the opposition's only remaining candidate in the Belarusian presidential race.

Belarus: 37-yr-old woman to take on president in polls

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the only remaining opposition candidate in the Belarusian presidential race