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
Prostitutes and hypocrites
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Saviour Balzan
Most journalists in Malta have no idea how difficult it is to run a media organization
Don’t dare raise the subject, or else …
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Saviour Balzan
People, especially politicians, purposely do not distinguish between perception and truth, between compliance reports and investigations
The real world
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From scratch
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The die is cast
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[WATCH] We are here to encourage people to think with their minds
Someone’s head will roll
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The last bastion
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[WATCH] Stop using inquiries to defend status quo
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Stories from another world
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[WATCH] Protocol needed for holding of inquiries
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[WATCH] We cannot forget the victims of traffic accidents
Behind the scenes
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Gozo minister Anton Refalo mum over his private Preti collection