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
Apathy, genetic testing and more of Bernard
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Saviour Balzan
We’re an overcrowded city masquerading as a country, that is looking shabbier and uglier, driven by immense greed and led by a political system that seems to be surviving...
Defamation and the Maltese courts: the chilling effect on the press
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Saviour Balzan
Most journalists are unable to face down this culture of litigation; many media houses cannot foot the bills for their lawyers and the court fines; and many times, journalists who...
Sins of the past and present blemishes
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The sins of the past, conveniently forgotten
Our toxic dependence on construction needs a public response
Free for all
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Abela should set the tone with his new administration
The prayer we need to be reciting
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Bernard Grech has to go
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And the winner is...
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The campaigns, the parties and the choices
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Quattro amici al bar... thinking about that Saturday vote
Plucking up the courage
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Labour’s abhorrent ‘green’ agenda
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