German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday travels to Athens for a two-day visit, her first since 2014 and four months after Greece emerged from the final bailout package. Merkel Merkel is due to meet Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the evening, with the Greek economy, migration, and the endgame in Athens’ long-running dispute with Skopje over the name Macedonia expected to be on their agenda. Tsipras, ahead of the visit, described his relationship with Merkel over the past four years as trusting. “We meant what we said; we never had the goal of taking the other one to the cleaner. “The German leader was also coming to Athens because she considered the rescue of Greece from bankruptcy her success,” Tsipras said. Merkel, who was a focal point of Greek anger over punishing austerity measures, acknowledged the nation’s hardship in an interview with the Athens daily Kathimerini. “I am aware that recent years have been very hard on many in Greece. But with the conclusi...