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 art of being a friggin hypocrite
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Saviour Balzan
The concern facing revolving doors is not one that only concerns government officials, it also involves journalists. There have been several astonishing examples of revolving...
Why Christian Borg’s bullying and threats are no longer OK
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We need to ensure that crooks that come by the name of Christian Borg are not allowed or given the space to put more pressure on journalists such as Luke Vella and Karl Azzopardi...
What a mess!
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Now the numbers have got serious for Robert Abela
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He-who-must-not-be-named
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Humility and pointing to the culprits
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They want to pass 'go' and collect €100 million
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Enough of the green light and more red cards please
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Waiting for justice
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We can do something about our leniency on excess
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The nanny state for you
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Disagreement on standards? Not a good omen
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2022 showed us Malta is undergoing radical change yet again
Life was never a straight line
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