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.

‘Tutto il mondo è paese’
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It has always been the practice with politicians to shoot the messenger and...
Good for the goose, good for the gander
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Journalists might not be the ones to change the world, but our job is to...
The right to practise one’s religion
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[WATCH] Saviour Balzan’s videoblog
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Blame it on ourselves
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Updated | Villas at White Rocks to fetch €300 million
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A record for good governance
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A public official, who is a political appointee, with an €85,000 salary...
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Maltese buyers offerred €110 million for MIDI's concession at Manoel...
Once upon a time the Jerma thrived
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From boycotts to cocaine busts
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Politicians need to start talking about vision and convince themselves that...
Gozo diocese, Dominicans and nuns invested €1.5 million in Fort Cambridge
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Archbishop Charles Scicluna: ‘I don’t support investments by...
Someone has given up on politics
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The PN needs a charismatic leader, who appeals to all classes and is her or his...
Defining government
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Government officials and politicians cannot be trusted if they are planning to...
Two weights and many towers
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Busuttil: ‘I never mentioned ODZ or land reclamation for Freeport’
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It started with a bang
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’Tis the season to be silly
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L-Orizzont is most of the time not interested in debate but in unadulterated...
Policy rift sets in between Castille and BOV chairman
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Joseph Muscat mounting pressure on Bank of Valletta chairman John Cassar White...
I have a feeling…
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I am saddened by the fact that the events such as the one that took...
Magistrate Consuelo Scerri Herrera rebuked over ethics breach
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Commission for the Administration of Justice rebukes Consuelo Herrera for...