Bazar claims damages from Sofi Oksanen for breach of contract
Bazar Kustannus Ltd claims for damages from author Sofi Oksanen for unlawful termination of a publishing contract related to a new literary work. In addition, a Swedish affiliate company of Bazar Kustannus Ltd, Bazar Förlag AB, claims for damages from Oksanen for breach of contract. The Bazar companies have initiated proceedings in the Helsinki district court with regard to these disputes.In 2005 the Nordic publishing group Bazar and author Sofi Oksanen entered into a contractual arrangement comprising several publishing contracts. As part of the arrangement, in the Bazar group’s view, the