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
Humility and pointing to the culprits
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The Vitals and Steward Healthcare agreement was blessed by Cabinet and sold as an urgent requirement for upgrading our health system
They want to pass 'go' and collect €100 million
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One hopes the police investigate the authors of this hospital concession deal, including former politicians
Enough of the green light and more red cards please
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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A Republic not a Theocracy
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Robert Abela’s first test
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The buck stops with the PM: meaningful reform must be taken now
The other side of the media ‘narrative’
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Nice guy Karmenu. But Mifsud Bonnici as PM was a fiasco