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
Upstanding citizens following the rules
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Saviour Balzan
Saviour Balzan | Next time the government comes out with a call for voluntary vaccination in the midst of another serious medical crisis, they should not expect the public to be...
Does Muscat expect us to look the other way?
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Prime Minister Robert Abela has the arduous task of walking a tightrope, keeping this Labour core in place and ensure the judicial process takes its course
Tough talk by the minister of bluntness
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The economy, stupid (apart from other important stuff)
Education: the key area COVID made us forget
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Some Christmas this has been...
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Living with COVID
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‘Privet’ property
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Happy holidays and no kissing under the mistletoe
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A reform that needs all stakeholders on board
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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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