1 INTRODUCTION

2 CANDIDATE SELECTION

3 NTT/SOFI SPECTROSCOPY OF WOLF-RAYET CANDIDATES

4 NEAR-IR CLASSIFICATION OF WOLF-RAYET STARS
4.1 Robustness of near-IR classification

5 NEW GALACTIC WOLF-RAYET STARS
5.1 Classification of the new WR stars
5.2 Binarity
5.3 Spatial location of the new WR stars
5.4 Association of WR stars with the Scutum-Crux and other spiral arms

6 SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF WOLF-RAYET STARS AND OTHER MASSIVE STARS IN THE MILKY WAY
6.2 Relative isolation of WR stars and Luminous Blue Variables

7 CONCLUSIONS