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 beam in your eye
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Saviour Balzan
On FATF: It will be nasty to have the Americans taking out the speck of Malta’s eye while we are powerless to remove the beam in theirs
[WATCH] ‘If you show a clear vision, investors will respond’ - Silvio Schembri
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Economy minister Silvio Schembri speaks to Saviour Balzan about the challenges he faced when taking on his new portfolio in January 2020, how COVID-19 necessitated a strong...
Tunnel vision
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Transformers
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Why does a construction magnate sponsor a regatta club?
A Greek tragedy
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It's Bernard Grech who has to kick-start the change in his party
The goose and the gander
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We reap what we sow
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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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