On 11 April 2008 an open air party took place on a grass beach in on of the central parks of Minsk (without permission, of cause). The weather was fine fortunately, only in the end a small thunder lightened the evening. A "squatter house" was made from cardboard boxes as a central symbol of the party; a small foto exhibition on the topic of houses, a distro space and a freebox were installed nearby. A zine about squatting was prepared and presented to the guests. Frankly speaking, they were much more than expected.
After the discussion on squatting in Europe, there was a break during which vegeburgers were distributed by local Food not Bombs group. While this the Samba band began to play and the independent theatre troup staged a short perfomance on the topic of summer birds that are being shoot, then the capoeira wrestlers told the history of their movement (it occured to be very near to the anarchist philosophy) and then they showed their skills and delighted all the guests. In the dark the fireshow happened supported by the samba and capoeira drums.
About 100 guests attended the event, some of them have heard something about squats before, some others - not. A lot of people were from the punk/hc subculture, but several bypassers felt interested when heard the drums session and stayed for a while with us also. Among them there was a journalist from one state youth magazine, but i doubt him to stay interested when he heard that the party was organised by the anarchists :)
On 12 April open film screening took place. We found auditorium in one of universities. We watched movies about squat Rozbrat in Poznan, Poland, and ceramic plant Zanon in Argentina, occupied by its workers. In between movies two comrades reported on their squatting experience in London, UK, and answered the questions. This event was attended by 50 persons.
One can read more in Belarusian on Indymedia: http://belarus.indymedia.org/12754 (with fotos) and http://belarus.indymedia.org/12657
Report in Russian can be found at http://375crew.org/