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 system must change, starting from the electoral system
Blogs
Saviour Balzan
Killing nepotism and patronage in Malta will mean changing the electoral system and introducing full-time MPs
Gozo drug case | Police escorts key witnesses to late night meeting
National
Two police motorcyclists accompanied a minister who was allegedly escorted to the Gozo ministry in October 2013, where he is believed to have met the father of a youth...
Can it get worse? Yes, it can
Blogs
[WATCH] On conflicts of interest and party financing
Time to decide
Blogs
Young woman caught with nine heroin packets asked to change statement after late night meeting
We are heretics
Blogs
Gozitans arrested on drug charges changed police statement after political intervention
[WATCH] Saviour Balzan’s video blog
Blogs
Being inquisitive, not the law, makes a good journalist
[WATCH] Saviour Balzan’s video blog
Blogs
[WATCH] Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Blogs
The carpenter of coffins
Blogs
Chris Said raises hornet’s nest over ignored drug charges in Gozo