Italy: Silvio Berlusconi released from Milan hospital after six weeks

Billionaire former prime minister, 86, had been suffering from a lung infection linked to leukaemia

Silvio Berlusconi has been discharged from hospital in Milan, declaring “the nightmare” is over, more than six weeks after the former Italian prime minister was admitted with leukaemia and a lung infection.

“Today, after 45 long days, I finally returned home,” the 86-year-old billionaire media mogul said in a statement after leaving the San Raffaele Hospital on Friday.