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
They are not just townhouses in Zebbug
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Saviour Balzan
The demolition of the Zebbug townhouses is far worse than the towers that Joe Portelli has erected, and were sanctioned even though the PA disregarded the advice of its own Design...
Hats off
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It is the people who cannot make ends meet who change the people at the top, not the man with the Chopard watch
Updated | Adrian Delia to contest PN leadership election
Saying it as it is: Part III
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[WATCH] Minor matters, lasting impression
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Lighting a flame
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Power of incumbency: some 1,000 Gozitans got jobs weeks before election
Extraordinary spike in government jobs in Gozo before election
Saying it as it is: Part 2
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Saying it as it is
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Putting things into perspective
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Memories
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Saintly endorsements
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The mud bath
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