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.

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The goose and the gander
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To read Allied’s statement that 'the State' has now landed everyone in court, could be insinuated as some orchestrated campaign against the company or...
We reap what we sow
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These are very capable individuals who are yet placed in a contentious scenario where a parliamentary commissioner such as this one has to deal with both sides of a tribal...
Grech’s party: a political appendix needs surgery
My beautiful country
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The great train robbery
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Disown Muscat now or face a worse scenario
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Casting the first stone
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In the shadow of COVID-19
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Déjà vu of a sycophantic nation
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The writing was on the wall
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Ivan the incorrigible
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We’re still not looking into our post-COVID future
Defamation on Egrant no comparison to assassination
It is not about teachers, but about the children
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