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.

Likeability is still a factor in Maltese politics
Blogs
All candidates have said that they are supported by Muscat. But the truth is...
Scicluna ‘Muscat’s chosen’ for deputy leadership
National
Edward Scicluna let the cat out of the bag when he said Muscat had 'made it...
PN leadership race: Claudio Grech biding his time before deciding
National
'Many of the re-elected and new MPs are waiting for Claudio Grech to...
They are not just townhouses in Zebbug
Blogs
The demolition of the Zebbug townhouses is far worse than the towers that Joe...
Hats off
Blogs
It is the people who cannot make ends meet who change the people at the top,...
Updated | Adrian Delia to contest PN leadership election
National
The president of Birkirkara FC, Adrian Delia, is the first to throw in his hat...
Saying it as it is: Part III
Blogs
Those who are thinking that Forza Nazzjonali is here to stay should realise...
[WATCH] Minor matters, lasting impression
Blogs
What might appear to be minor can still have a huge impact on people’s...
Lighting a flame
Blogs
The PN needs to kick start the process of seeing what it should stand for....
Power of incumbency: some 1,000 Gozitans got jobs weeks before election
Election 2017
Private employers left smarting as workers deserted their jobs, while 450...
Extraordinary spike in government jobs in Gozo before election
National
Gozo registered a remarkable Labour majority in last Saturday’s general...
Saying it as it is: Part 2
Blogs
In this great charade, anybody who questioned the veracity of these stories was...
Saying it as it is
Blogs
Saviour Balzan blogs: 'Most people were taken over by the two resounding...
Putting things into perspective
Blogs
There is a feeling that most voters have entrenched themselves, built walls...
Memories
Blogs
The foreign delegations who have come to Malta and are overseeing these...
Saintly endorsements
Blogs
The interventions of foreign former Prime Ministers will change...
The mud bath
Blogs
In this campaign the media has come together to rally against the...
Prostitutes and hypocrites
Blogs
Most journalists in Malta have no idea how difficult it is to run a media...
Don’t dare raise the subject, or else …
Blogs
People, especially politicians, purposely do not distinguish between perception...
The real world
Blogs
The island is under siege and politicians have only themselves to blame