Anastasiades well, returning to Cyprus on Saturday

President Nicos Anastasiades is well and will be returning to Cyprus from Brussels on Saturday, the government spokesman said, but he will be spending Friday night in hospital after suffering prolonged nosebleeds.

Nicos Christodoulides said the president will go straight to the airport from the hospital in Brussels he had checked himself into on Thursday.

Anastasiades, 68, had travelled to Brussels to take part in the European Council meeting, but was forced to pull out of the EU summit after suffering protracted nosebleeds.

He was admitted to hospital on Thursday morning where tests established he was suffering from hypertension.

The president underwent nasal cauterisation and checked himself into a specialised hospital in the afternoon where he remained overnight as a precaution.

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