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
Why did Magistrate Vella not collect the laptop?
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Saviour Balzan
The media can never act as an alternative to the judicial system in a functioning democracy. And that is why any decision not to take in the laptop and investigate its contents...
[WATCH] We can’t let this country become a concrete cage
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Overdevelopment is quickly turning Malta into not only an ugly country, but also one that is unliveable, argues Saviour Balzan
Blurred vision
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Just a movie full of bad guys
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PN’s door creaks open for blacklisted former MPs
On reputation and the death of a gentle friend
The ambassador for the promotion of ugliness
Well, well, it’s Consuelo…
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Just let it be
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Top army brass fear return of ‘migrant crisis’ as Italians veer to the right
Ram it down our throats
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Crooks everywhere, same as it ever was
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[WATCH] We have to question a court decision that looks the other way on racist comments
I'm alright, f**k you jack
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