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
Send in the Clowns
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Saviour Balzan
When Joseph Muscat won a landslide victory in the 2013 general election, a kind heart left a copy of The Economist magazine on the desk in his office to be. 
It is all about greed and ego
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So, I am afraid the only route left is for the people to speak up, rattle the system and join the coterie of non-voters
The Roberta Metsola let down
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‘Mangia santi, cacca diavoli’
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We told Vitals to fuck off; why not MIDI at Manoel Island
Why protesting over what happened at Għargħur is a joke
Trying to decipher their decisions
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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