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
Why protesting over what happened at Għargħur is a joke
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Saviour Balzan
The long and short of it is that the Għargħur local council battle is a waste of time and everyone else could not be bothered. The PN needs to wage war on things that matter,...
Trying to decipher their decisions
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Saviour Balzan
Lilu King is not good news. He is the kind of businessman who should not be driving around in Paceville as if it was his fiefdom. And on this occasion, perhaps not only this one,...
From drones to news for free
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The economy stupid
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Sexy news for our roads
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When Nationalists start believing in Bernard
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Crunching numbers and weighing options
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Shock in my town
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A prison run like a Gulag and the director who ran it
Ban bail for alleged murderers, but introduce a time period for the judicial outcome
What needs to happen now…
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A man for all seasons
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Still waiting for answers
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More of the same
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