Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan

Founder and co-owner of MaltaToday, Saviour Balzan has reported on Maltese politics and society for over three decades.

In his early days he was actively involved in the environmental lobby and later the Green Party, Alternattiva Demokratika. He later immersed himself in journalism, working to set up newspapers such as il-Fehma, l-Alternattiva, The People and The Independent daily. .

MaltaToday was launched in 1999 to become a leading English-language newspaper. Balzan extended the Mediatoday stable with Maltese-language newspaper Illum, as well as TV programmes Xtra and Reporter. His memoirs are published in Saying It As It Is.

Articles by this author
The waiting game is on
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Saviour Balzan
Robert Abela has kept everyone on tenterhooks with the election date and that includes his own ministers, his party administration and his closest associates
What is the tax man doing in Sin City?
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Saviour Balzan
Hearing the NGOs baying for blood now? They would be right this time around - Malta’s dismal track record on accountability and ethics in public life is leaving us...
Great expectations
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Upstanding citizens following the rules
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Does Muscat expect us to look the other way?
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Tough talk by the minister of bluntness
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The economy, stupid (apart from other important stuff)
Education: the key area COVID made us forget
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Some Christmas this has been...
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Living with COVID
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‘Privet’ property
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Happy holidays and no kissing under the mistletoe
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A reform that needs all stakeholders on board
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Two decades and counting, we still chase the story
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