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
Happy holidays and no kissing under the mistletoe
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Saviour Balzan
To move away from the mistletoe and onto the all-important turkey, perhaps the big word for 2022 is going to be “inflation” and how this is about to eat into our...
A reform that needs all stakeholders on board
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The press is facing a threat of extinction because of a lack of revenues, and how new technologies shifted people’s attention away from the physical consumption of printed...
Two decades and counting, we still chase the story
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Bernard’s fatal moment, Scicluna’s transgression
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The terror of Robespierre
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Dalli is not fit to be prison director
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Bringing reform to the public broadcaster
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One million in my pocket and other fantastic stories
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Two parties, one man
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Journalists who turn themselves into the story
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Tax-free state
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Oh look... a request to ban the publication of a book
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The polls show the PN needs vision
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The Joseph Muscat legacy
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