Authorities sealed a nightclub in Gazi for 60 days after a 16-year-old girl, who reportedly consumed alcohol there, was found dead outside. Similar inspections across Greece led to arrests in Patras and Thessaloniki for serving alcohol to minors.

Greece's systemic leniency toward underage drinking is once again underscored by a court decision allowing a nightclub, accused of selling alcohol to minors, to reopen, citing "financial damage."

After the poisoning of 8 students at a nightclub in southern Athens, authorities are taking a closer look -again- at underage drinking in Greece.

According to Eurostat – the European Union’s Statistical Authority, beer production in Greece reached 565.34 million liters in 2022, up from 400.22 million liters in 2021, marking a nearly 41% rise, a trend that continued in 2023