Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has been admitted to a hospital after experiencing heart problems, his office announced on Saturday. 

The Serbian leader was admitted to a military hospital in Belgrade due to cardiovascular problems on Friday, a statement from his office said. 

An anonymous government official, quoted by Reuters, said: "The president is stable now.” 

A former ultra-nationalist and Euro sceptic who turned to embrace the European Union, Vucic, 49, became prime minister in 2014 and was elected president in 2017. 

Although the presidential role is ceremonial, Vucic retains political control of the country as head of the center-right Serbian Progressive Party, which has been in power since the 2012 parliamentary elections.