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The former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been taken to hospital for tests after experiencing mild heart trouble at the weekend. | |
“His hospitalisation was scheduled. His doctors wanted to perform a series of tests after the slight discomfort he experienced on Sunday night, which was neither serious nor worrying,” the AGI news agency reported, citing sources within his Forza Italia party. | |
Berlusconi, who turns 80 in September, was admitted to a clinic in Milan. He felt unwell on the evening of the first round of mayoral elections in several cities, after voting for the first time in three years. | |
The billionaire had been banned from casting his ballot after a conviction for tax evasion. He served his one-year sentence through part-time community service in a home for elderly people. | |
Berlusconi, who has dropped off the political radar, failed to rally votes for his centre-right party, which won just 4.2% of the vote in Rome, where he voted. | |
The one-time cruise ship singer had a heart attack 10 years ago and had a pacemaker fitted. It was replaced at the end of last year. |